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Microsoft Office Faces British Invasion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-the-loosest-sense-of-the-word dept.

jdkane writes "CNet reports that a small British software maker, Ability, plans to challenge one of Microsoft's most profitable markets by selling its low-cost package of productivity applications in North America. Ability Office faces competition from Corel's Word Perfect, Sun Microsystems' StarOffice package and OpenOffice, it's free, open-source sibling. None of these products have captured a significant share of the market from Microsoft's Office. Does anybody have any hands-on experience with the Ability Office suite, or are there any general speculations as to why this move will make a difference in the office software market (if not just for the bottom line of the software company)?"

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  1. Meh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "its free" not "it's free". Zero points for you. Oh, and fp.

    1. Re:Meh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      it is free?

      Fucking troll idiot.

    2. Re:Meh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "it's free" was correct. And you didn't get fp. -2 points for the dumbass.

    3. Re:Meh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hahaha! You are wrong! How does it feel to be such a dumbass? Trying to correct someone's grammar and FAILING! I invite you to have a look at the article, see where the words "it's free" appear, and satisfy yourself that you were in fact WRONG. Suck it down, bitch. Haha!

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    GO LINUX!

  3. ability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do I have the ability to get a first post?

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  6. RTFSA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read the summary again. He is correct - it's the possessive form of "it" that is called for, i.e., "its".

    -4 points for you, dumberass.

  7. Re:OO is still missing a good database. by damas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And Windows Office is still missing a good routing protocol. And a packet filter. And a good integrated journaling FS.

  8. Re:Aawe, too bad. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're saying that Europe is the only place that can compete by sending its armed forces to fight a pointless battle?