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OpenOffice.org Tries to Woo Dell

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-they-need-to-hire-professional-wooers dept.

Rob writes "OpenOffice.org project members have written to Dell (pdf), hoping to persuade the company to adopt OpenOffice in response to customer demand. John McCreesh, OpenOffice.org marketing project lead, writes 'Let's have a conversation about how we could build an OpenOffice.org supplied by Dell product to give your customers what they are asking for.' Demand for open source products on Dell's IdeaStorm web site prompted the letter. A somewhat obvious question is raised: why isn't OpenOffice already available by default on new PC's and Workstations?"

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  1. Yet... by an.echte.trilingue · · Score: 0, Troll

    OpenOffice came installed on the discount computer I bought from TigerDirect (advertised as having a complete MS-compatible office suite pre-installed), so did Firefox. They even offer PCLinuxOS on desktops. If this discount vendor can do it, I don't see why Dell can't.

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  2. Re:Why? by rbochan · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...Dell simply doesn't see the business case for distributing and supporting it...

    So Dell provides support for that stupid Weatherbug that they include(d)? That godawful McAfee "security suite" they include? That evil Sonic bloatware? Quicktime? RealPlayer?
    No?
    I didn't think so...

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