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Doctor Feelgood
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 Posted: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:27:59 Post Subject: Google Throws Bodies at OpenOffice |
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| Quote: | Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.
OpenOffice has its roots in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice suite of programs. Five years ago, Sun turned its proprietary software into an open-source project. Only recently, however, has the competitor to Microsoft's Office attracted serious attention. |
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Ahh, nothing like throwing a few bodies to stimulate business! |
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Little Bruin
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LaTech
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dadx2mj
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| Posted: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:58:00 Post Subject: |
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| Dr. EvilCheeze wrote: | | Google.... The next Microsoft. |
Dont you mean...
"Google a BETTER Microsoft"? |
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thePMG
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| Posted: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:25:18 Post Subject: |
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| LaTech wrote: | | I mean, Google seems to be doing everything right so far...and that's strange for a company. |
It's the slogan.
And then you have Microsoft.
CNET: So that would be the philosophical difference between Microsoft and what Google is up to at this point?
Gates: Well, we don't know everything they are up to, but we do know their slogan and we disagree with that.
Hence, I have a deep resentment of Microsoft. 
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dadx2mj
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| Posted: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:48:23 Post Subject: |
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| Quote: | | Hence, I have a deep resentment of Microsoft. |
My guess is that most would agree with you on that , but do you ever stop and wonder where we would be without Microsoft? |
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BeerCheeze
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Little Bruin
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thePMG
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| dadx2mj wrote: | | My guess is that most would agree with you on that , but do you ever stop and wonder where we would be without Microsoft? |
I like to think that it would be somewhere happy. 
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dadx2mj
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| Posted: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:38:25 Post Subject: |
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| Quote: | | I like to think that it would be somewhere happy. |
Happy and using a Mac? |
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thePMG
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| Posted: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:29:08 Post Subject: |
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| dadx2mj wrote: |
Happy and using a Mac? |
If OS X had never come out, I wouldn't touch a Mac with a 10 foot pole.
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