Now you're completely safe using OOo when you interact with IBM and not have to worry if they're using Microsoft Office. And that means other companies can switch more easily as well. It's like dominos.
Actually, I'm pretty sure Symphony uses forked OpenOffice code directly. It's not just implementing the same formats, a lot of the tools are very OOo like.
While it may not have been an altruistic move for open standards, having such a large and visible software company switch is going to be an eye opener for other big and small shops. Plus IBM has been a terrific open source citizen for a while now, so this doesn't stray from their previous altruistic actions (open sourcing all kinds of stuff, eclipse, libs, etc).
I keep reading the post over and over, trying to figure out how they hide the words "...includes the words "Don't Panic" written in large letters on the back."
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WTG astroturfer!
You must have an "inside track" to real sales numbers I take it?
Actually this is a big win for open source users.
Now you're completely safe using OOo when you interact with IBM and not have to worry if they're using Microsoft Office. And that means other companies can switch more easily as well. It's like dominos.
It's about the formats, stupid! :)
Actually, I'm pretty sure Symphony uses forked OpenOffice code directly. It's not just implementing the same formats, a lot of the tools are very OOo like.
While it may not have been an altruistic move for open standards, having such a large and visible software company switch is going to be an eye opener for other big and small shops. Plus IBM has been a terrific open source citizen for a while now, so this doesn't stray from their previous altruistic actions (open sourcing all kinds of stuff, eclipse, libs, etc).
The important part is that it uses the same files as OpenOffice and is fully compatible.
To Microsoft, their proprietary formats are the most valuable part of the office suite, it's where there control stems from.
I guess this is actually more of a unixey way to go about things, throwing more processes in the mix.
Thanks for the link!
Seems like a poor choice, considering you can't use threads in a meaningful way with Python due to GIL.
I hope they have a bunch of uniprocessors servers on order waiting to run this beast.
err the front, oh my karma
I keep reading the post over and over, trying to figure out how they hide the words "...includes the words "Don't Panic" written in large letters on the back."
MIGHTIER!
Did you really need to say that?
I mean, they wear turtle necks.
Where I work, all the stupid fucking management call it "Mazolla."
You know, the MBA types.
Ramen.
Yeah, it's terrible.
What we need is some kind of "open" office suite of tools, to replace Microsoft Office.
Someone should start a project.
Removing the ability to do that can't possibly be good for their safety.
Niiiice.
There's a toshiba laptop with an integrated cell processor.
http://www.protocase.com/
Pretty cool service (no, I'm no affiliated in any way)
What do the youth in asia have to do with this tragedy?
The jig isn't done, until Champions Online won't run?
See article:
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1527212/Xbox-360-Failure-Rate-Is-542
Well, say whatever you want, but at least they acknowledged the problem and corrected it.
LOL, how many years did it take to get acknowledged as a design defect?
Privacy? What the fuck does privacy have to do with playing a video game like this?
This sort of psuedocomedy/ad revenue scam makes me wish I was illiterate.
Did he immediately start smoking, drinking cappuccino and talking about how the capitalist bastards are going to ruin everything?
So... you're using the US military as an example of a capitalist model of business?
With one massive customer buying from a set of preselected companies?
Personally, I think most of the people up in arms about Battle.net being required for SCII are just mad that Blizzard has solved the piracy problem.