Microsoft Office lost loyal users when it went to the ribbon UI. That's the start of the trend away from MS Office. For non-email applications, OpenOffice or LibreOffice provide the traditional UI to which people are accustomed, they're free, and they work without an Internet connection. As for email - I've successfully lived in an Exchange environment for years using either Mac Mail and iCal or Thunderbird plus plug-ins. The latter solution had problems (I've not checked if those problems have been solved) but the former is smooth and works relatively correctly. I am supplied Office 2011 for Mac but I rarely use it and I don't miss it.
Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: rcpa...@sandia.gov<mailto:rcpa...@sandia.gov> SIPR: rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov<mailto:rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov> (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: dopa...@doe.ic.gov<mailto:dopa...@doe.ic.gov> (send NIPR reminder) On May 18, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: On 5/18/13 10:04 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: Microsoft has false dominance and its slipping fast. Although Amazon is on top of the infrastructure as a service market, Microsoft is much better positioned to control the software as a service world. This is because they control the most common platform, and it has expanded scope compared to their competitors (desktop, enterprise, gaming, tablet, phone). I think they'll grow their infrastructure as a service as the software too as a Office 365 becomes more common. Azure is supposedly 20% of that market already. Microsoft understands how CIO type people think (or fail to), and this is reflected in their strong sales of their server products. They know, for example, that almost any organization is at least as concerned about controlling their people as they are facilitating work. Microsoft seems to have the kinks out of app virtualization. If you've done a streaming install of Office 2013 you can see that browser-based apps are not the only way. If people will pay $5 for a Latte, they'll pay for software subscriptions too. Sooner or later. All-in-all, Microsoft's platform and apps are not perfect -- about like Apple. If they can leverage what they have into the tablet and mobile markets, they'll probably stay competitive. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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