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Linux and OpenOffice save Microsoft Presentation
EvilGrinUK writes "A presentation about Shared Source (SSI) by the head of Microsoft Ukraine was almost ruined when the Windows machine (a Tablet PC) linked to the projector developed problems. The solution was to adopt OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 and ALT Linux Compact 2.3, which was already running on the presenter's laptop (an IBM Thinkpad). Here's a picture."
Can somebody verify that the info is accurate?
He is so fired
Will this appear in ANYWHERE but slashdot? I mean, will common people know about it? And more important... will they even care?
And not one story about all the presentations given at Linux World that were done using Power Point on Windows.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
Microsoft demonstrating that Linux and OO.o can be the right tool for such a job? That is a big deal.
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Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum.
Can we see a schedule for this conference and where it took place? All we have is links to organization web sites and this photo at the moment.
If this is supposed to be proof of something, I want confirmation. Then I'll really start laughing.
Because honestly, who is to ay it wasn't just one guy putting up a slide and snapping a photo?
in soviet ukraine, microsoft uses linux?
forty-two
. . .for when our shit don't work. It'll save your butterfly's arse. What would you like to boot that actually runs today?
KFG
I figured the comments would be full of negative little "ha ha" moments.
But, if you've ever given a presenation, then you *know* how tough it can be. Demos and talks which have been working fine for days, weeks, and months have a way of suddenly breaking down when you need them most. Don't know why this is.
So, this guy (if this is true) did what he had to so that the presentation could continue.
Is that really something worth laughing at?
Plus, it just goes to show that not everybody at Microsoft feels the same way about certain... "other" technologies. Yeah, it might be a fine "ha ha" for other people at the company, but those of you who are pushing the OSS agenda should really be congratulating this guy for sticking his neck out.
And, had this been a presentation on some Linux subject and something had gone wrong with the presentation machine (Linux machines *do* crash, too, you know), then what would the presenter have done?
People are laughing, but many of us on the Windows side of things have no problem firing up an alternative operating system. We have our loyalties, but it doesn't mean we're all totally pig-headed.
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I don't work in some big huge corporation or something, but I'm a student tech for my high school. I have to retrieve quite a few files for students, especially off slightly mangled floppy discs. I've learned to love hex editors in the process. High school kids can put an incredible amount of useless crap in a powerpoint or word doc, and openoffice can open them just fine, and resave them to office with no problems. I don't know how you can say 2.0 will fail horribly when 1.1 is fine for most importing anyway.
He seems to be up to the chapter on ridiculing it, and doing at least B level work at that.
Did you notice his sig line?
Karma: SELECT `karma` FROM `users` WHERE `userid`=138474;
He's quoting field names - they wouldn't even parse as a field name... Meaning, even if he got his SQL implementation to provide any results at all, it would be the literal string "karma", and not the numeric value he appears to be seeking...
Come off it, guys... So he skimmed "SQL for Dummies" and "XML for complete, braindead morons who want to sound cool". I'm not hiring him, neither are you. He/she plays the 'puter and enjoys thinking he knows how to do stuff.
He's just having fun, and you should be, too. Didja get the joke?
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
It must be nice to be caught in a reality distortion field. There is no excuse for Linux World presenters not to be using Linux/OSS for their presentations. The "projection equipment" is not dependent on Powerpoint - it simply uses the VGA output port. BTW, this story is a hoax. The last time it supposedly occurred in September during a joint MS/Novell conference. But dont let reality creep in!
it's possible that the Linux World Expo had crufty projection equipment and did not let anyone boot anything else.
It's possible, but not true.
One developer (yes, well-respected developer) simply stated (expecting flames) that Power Point was better and said he would not take any questions on that during his presentation.
Though that was a few years back. The last time I saw him at LWCE he was using a Mac with some other presentation software.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
Yes, that's right.
Shame on Microsoft. And how rude that Office 2003 doesn't implement and utilize the wonderful and open OASIS file format that was ratified 3 days ago.
I don't expect much from Microsoft these days (god knows I'd be constantly disappointed if I did) but I somehow feel time travel is probably asking a bit much - even for them.
It's Microsoft's fault, but it's our problem. Unless you value only gloating, the one who can change is the one who must. OOo must support even Microsoft's secret formats - Microsoft will only open them when they gain less advantage from them than they lose in their extra cost. By upgrading our open apps, we'll force Microsoft to change, even if it's too late for them.
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No, it isn't a big deal and your statement that it is is fairly rediculous. If Linus presents the benefits of Linux over Windows and something goes wrong with his Linux laptop, would he be advocating the power of Windows over Linux if the only other thing available to present was a Windows machine? Of course not. So linux can be used to present power point slides...holy crap! I better switch everything to Linux now...Windows is useless! Moron. It just shows the near retarded level of bias on this site that this gets modded insightful. The title could read: Linux can show slideshows! That's how much of a big deal it is.
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Two weeks, without warning, would be an incredibly short time for any large migration let alone major servers. Given that they've been unable to port Hotmail off of BSD and on to their own crufty products for going on a decade, I think that the proxy trick is more likely than real migration.
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.