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There are a lot of things coming together at the same time to make
alternatives more attractive. There is the push by governments to use open file formats, the drastically reduced need to actually PRINT documents, the increased need to share documents, and the increased quality and acceptance of SaaS tools and applications.

This all combines to make Microsoft's baroque features and bloat seem even more silly.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 09/18/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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There are a lot of things coming together at the same time to make  DonnieBoy | 09/18/07
And so it begins  Richard Flude | 09/18/07
Weren't they making products all along  Boot_Agnostic | 09/18/07
Exactly right  Carrion | 09/19/07
3 letters give MS an advantage - VBA  r_darling | 09/19/07
Exactly..  Snarfiorix | 09/19/07
VBA  zoroaster | 09/19/07
You probably have fine hearing, but...  Snarfiorix | 09/20/07
LOL - Living in the past  TedStanton | 09/19/07
Looking to the Future  pwood57@... | 09/20/07
Excel is not going away  tonyfriendly@... | 09/19/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  sguine@... | 09/19/07
Project has rival with Projity's OpenProj  linuxbeatsms@... | 09/19/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  loismike@... | 09/19/07
Inflection point reached... IBM, Projity, Sun have opportunity  linuxbeatsms@... | 09/19/07
features!?!  Lockmz | 09/20/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  Red Elk | 09/19/07
Yup I remember  Kromaethius | 09/19/07
What's next needed  professordnm | 09/19/07
Market Share  TokDaud | 09/19/07
No Kidding???  Kromaethius | 09/19/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  jimc52@... | 09/20/07
Sluggish MS Office  misceng | 09/20/07
Memory Lane  Sheeva | 09/20/07
re: Memory lane  d.esposito@... | 09/20/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  OKJoe | 09/20/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  miguel.garcia | 09/20/07
RE: Rivals make run at Microsoft Office  jsm555 | 09/20/07
Check out the requirement  bau_asem@... | 09/20/07
Microsoft Needs to Overhaul Their Support!  funnybroad | 09/20/07
Good Point  jsm555 | 09/21/07
Pressured?  endlr@... | 10/04/07

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