hehe Sun got sooo peeved about the JAVA thing they gave out their Staroffice suite to the open source group just to spite M$ and it's office application. ... I wonder how much they lost in revenues? But then again, SUN is going to enjoying being in the sun for doing it.
So now you have a choice and buy a package software from M$ or just download a pretty dam good package for free.
Which is why gimp (aka photoshop) sketch (aka illustrator) and openoffice (which supports lot more formats than M$ office will) are so dangerous to M$.
Ever notice how Gates and company just don't want to see openoffice get popular?
@M$ being destoryed.
agreed. M$ will remain and Gates will still be rich but probably M$ will turn into some kind of holding company.
M$ also is trying to outdo SONY with some handheld/minipc (hehe forgot which ... I've been since 4am and played a ball game to boot) which means ... household electronic goods will help M$ stay kicking alive if their soon to expand product line can evade your homes.
Buy a cheap box, slap on your favorite *nix and bingo you have office machines that have better contectivity that M$ could ever hope to achieve.
hmmm ... connectivity in a M$ product .... safe???
openoffice + gimp + sketch ...