[Sheflug] Microsoft's Strategy for Office 2010

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Looks like the 100 millionth download of OpenOffice.org announced last 
October at www.openoffice.org and the competition which is provided by 
Google Docs is proving to be a good thing.... in that Microsoft now 
have to suffer from competition....

"  Microsoft now has competition, most notably from old rival Google 
with its range of free (for consumers) or cheap (for companies) online 
applications.   These days "it is very hard to sell an office suite to 
consumers", says Sheri McLeish, an analyst with technology consulting 
firm Forrester. Most have some version of Office on their computer, she 
says, and for everybody else "there is a huge choice of free 
alternatives".   "The influence of Google" on the consumer market, she 
says, "means that Microsoft is not as dominant anymore."  "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10109254.stm

I stopped using their products on a personal level back in 1999.  I 
still have to put up with the curse of winduhs hell when I travel to 
somewhere without my GNU/Linux netbook but thanks to Wi-Fi this 
exposure to some seriously nasty grot is minimised when I do have my 
netbook with me.


Richard

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