On TechRepublic: Weirdest error messages of all time
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 14 of 14:
« Previous
Right Track
IBM has been fully supporting various integrations with MS Office from the start. As a Domino/NOTES shop we utilize MS Office in all it's different flavours. When we are confronted with challenges it's MS's not IBM's products that give us the headaches (patches, fixes, unstability, insecure, etc.).

We have been using Workplace in our testing environment this year and plan to put it into production in the new year. Absolutely fabulous, we are certainly impressed. NO problems overall in integrating MS Office stuff but we are also testing Open Office 2.0 for production in the new year.

Why? Because like many before us, locking into the .doc format has caused us grief on many planes. And since we are adopting more and more Open Standards and Open Source hegemony, MS is not a preferred vendor since as a company it insists on maintaining it's proprietary formats. We can't be "cornered" by a single vendor especially when it comes to future directions. Also, MS is insisting on it's new business model of software as a service and we're having none of it.

MS's roadmap for the future is fraught with serious issues that we as a company need to address today. Hence, adopting more Open Source/Open Standards. Regardless of the vendor, IBM is on the right track.
Posted by: Sheeva   Posted on: 12/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Reply to Story Reply to Message

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

This is a WELL DUH moment???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/05/05
Yep  IT_User | 12/05/05
Rather a standard than a not-standard.  John Le'Brecage | 12/05/05
Gee, and here I've been using it for two years.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/05/05
Re: Gee, and here I've been using it for two years.  none none | 12/05/05
Office 12 is in beta, according to Microsoft.  B.O.F.H. | 12/05/05
What Microsoft has to say is sometimes helpful  John Le'Brecage | 12/05/05
I can't imagine a falsity for you...  John Le'Brecage | 12/05/05
Acutally, a $90 billion corporation can do both  IT_User | 12/05/05
Well seeing....  ju1ce | 12/05/05
THIS IS IT!!! Now Microsoft is TOAST!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 12/05/05
be honest - you can't beat micosoft  jon.tomar@... | 12/05/05
be honest - you can't beat micosoft  jon.tomar@... | 12/05/05
Right Track  Sheeva | 12/07/05

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

advertisement
advertisement