KOffice vs. OpenOffice

[Billie Walsh]

On 09/29/2008 Valter Mura wrote:
>  Il lunedì 29 settembre 2008 14:12:53 Derek Broughton ha scritto:
>
>  >> > >
>  >> > > And this is due to the reckless evolution of the computer
>  market...
>  >> > > 90% of computers has Windows and we must fight against these
>  things...
>  > >
>  > > That's awfully naive.  As a Linux user I believe in _Freedom_ to
>  use the
>  > > software you want.  That means that if, for various
>  poorly-thought reasons,
>  > > my colleagues are using Word, I absolutely need to be able to
>  read and
>  > > write Word documents.  And because I'm a decent person, it
>  doesn't mean I
>  > > rewrite them in some Open format before sending them back, and
>  then
>  > > complain because they won't accept them.
>
>  Oh, yes, you're right. But explain me which is the reason why "in my
>  country"
>  (I don't know in yours), when the average customer cannot choose
>  between an
>  open source OS and a propietary one. If you go in a shop, the 100%
>  (except
>  for MAC systems) of the systems are Windows...
>
>  Nobody in the shop asks you: "Hey, do you want a Windows system or a
>  Linux one
>  in your new desktop?"
>
>  The naive thought made the fortune of Mr. Gates.
>
>

My better half was out shopping for a computer part the other day and 
sitting in a prominate position in this one store was a desktop running 
Ubuntu. This isn't a national chain store but a local, popular, computer 
store, but it's a good thing to see.

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