A company might standardize on Office for their docs/slides/etc., but then they might choose to use a Java application server for their web site. We've still made a sale.
You've made a sale, but that doesn't mean you haven't lost a sale. I think it's fair to mantain that any situation where any product (FOSS or otherwise) is used where a Microsoft product could have been used is a situation where Microsoft would rather the other product didn't exist
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Who do you think gets the better deal?
Well, given that Apple got the fancy new processors first, I'd have to say Apple.
A company might standardize on Office for their docs/slides/etc., but then they might choose to use a Java application server for their web site. We've still made a sale.
You've made a sale, but that doesn't mean you haven't lost a sale. I think it's fair to mantain that any situation where any product (FOSS or otherwise) is used where a Microsoft product could have been used is a situation where Microsoft would rather the other product didn't exist