On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 08:55 +0100, Juergen Schmidt wrote: > eWEEK’s Top 25 Technologies Of The Decade > > From virtualisation to Linux to the Apple iPhone, eWEEK names the > products, applications and technologies of the last decade that have > changed the way we work, play and live ... > > 15. Openoffice.org > Sure, if the bar for success is supplanting Microsoft Office, then > Openoffice.org has been a failure. But if overall impact is considered, > Openoffice.org has definitely been influential, especially when it comes > to opening up document formats.
I don't know why supplanting MSO was ever considered the primary goal. Personally, what I want is choice. If other people want to use MSO fine, just don't force me to use it. The same applies to Windows. Linux has made even less of a dent in that monopoly at the desktop than OOo BUT, I can now run my company using pretty well entirely FOSS. I don't care if most other people want to put up with viruses, spyware and machines that slow to a crawl after a few months as long as they are not forcing me to do it. I also think that having the masses self-excluding themselves actually has quite a lot of benefits. When I get asked to fix problems with Windows based computers I can just say I don't use Windows, sorry. So I think on that basis OOo marketig slogans should be more along the lines of OOo, providing choice and community for the discerning user :-) -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
