Microsoft Admits OpenOffice.org Is a Contender

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 14, 2010 @12:44AM from the first-you-ignore-them dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Microsoft has unwittingly admitted that OpenOffice.org is a rival, by launching a three-minute video of customers explaining why they switched to Microsoft Office from OpenOffice.org. Glyn Moody writes: 'You don't compare a rival's product with your own if it is not comparable. And you don't make this kind of attack video unless you are really, really worried about the growing success of a competitor. [Microsoft] has now clearly announced that OpenOffice.org is a serious rival to Microsoft Office, and should be seriously considered by anyone using the latter.'"

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Re:Change names just as it's getting popular by pyster · 2010-10-14 01:31 · Score: 0, Troll

A contender in it's own mind...
Re:Comparing by pyster · 2010-10-14 01:39 · Score: 0, Troll

You could, but then it wouldnt actually hold true. Openoffice is garbage.
Re:Comparing by robi5 · 2010-10-14 03:31 · Score: 0, Troll

This is stupid. They may just want to give the impression of competition to mislead regulators. MS is a convicted monopolist.