Though the news may appear to be a blow to Microsoft, Rob Enderle, analyst with the Enderle Group, said it actually could serve the company well in the near term as it continues to battle antitrust charges in the European Union.
"Initially this works in Microsoft's favor, because they're trying to showcase that there is no lock-in on the desktop," he said. "Right now, a couple of the big [hardware] guys going with Google is a good thing."
On a related note, in the news
Gates, who is currently on a tour visiting leading IT and engineering colleges in North America, lectured to the class on the future of the software industry and the open positions they have.
I think half the world only need a basic word processor and spreadsheet. I am not sure why my employer paid and installed an expensive suite on my desktop when what I really need is wordpad or something similiar. I am sure web office, if they can proivide basic editing , thesaurus , dictionary and a spreadhseet etc will be really helpful for the people who cannot afford expensive office suits.
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or his job has been outsourced?
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125889,0 0.asp
Though the news may appear to be a blow to Microsoft, Rob Enderle, analyst with the Enderle Group, said it actually could serve the company well in the near term as it continues to battle antitrust charges in the European Union.
"Initially this works in Microsoft's favor, because they're trying to showcase that there is no lock-in on the desktop," he said. "Right now, a couple of the big [hardware] guys going with Google is a good thing."
I think he suceeeded in generating traffic;)
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becuase they don;t have the source code for everything:)
If I offer you more money than Microsoft offered, will you change the results of the next study?
Authorities caught him having sex in Mexico.
I am trying to open this .ods file in MS-office 2003 for 2 days now. No luck.
OpenOffice opened it 1 second. Is MSOffice bloated?
Other than curing cancer, Google will do everything
On a related note, in the news Gates, who is currently on a tour visiting leading IT and engineering colleges in North America, lectured to the class on the future of the software industry and the open positions they have.
Now they should come up clean about Iraq war too..
Same thing:)
'Leaked' for proprietary, 'Released' for Open Sourse.
I hope it won't behave like "Outlook Express". My long lost friend.
That Microsoft innovates. You have to trust me . John
Will my 386 box enough to run the google office or I will have to upgrade?
I think half the world only need a basic word processor and spreadsheet. I am not sure why my employer paid and installed an expensive suite on my desktop when what I really need is wordpad or something similiar. I am sure web office, if they can proivide basic editing , thesaurus , dictionary and a spreadhseet etc will be really helpful for the people who cannot afford expensive office suits.
The compilation takes two weeks on machine? By the time I finish it, the support is over. No good
At least google is innovating now..not stealing ideas some other guys
Don't take them seriesly. Didn't they link OSS to WMD at some point of time.
SCO ?
I just checked ati.com :)
10000000 rpm..? My deskstar harddrive spins that fast.
Say yes
Geees...You like MS Mouse? it looks good like other MS products.. But it needs two new batteries every month.!
This guy seems like a Team 99 member spreading FUD. Stay away