Archive for June, 2009

Raiden’s Realm: “To start with the very deepest roots, we need to look to the kernel that makes Fedora what it is: The Linux Kernel. That was first introduced in 1991 by a then college student named Linus Torvalds.”
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InfoWorld – In InfoWorld’s tests using complex Word and Excel documents, OpenOffice.org 3.1 failed to deliver on its promise of better Microsoft Office interoperability, severely mangling our Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel test data files.
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InfoWorld – In the kingdom of business productivity, Microsoft Office reigns supreme.
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InfoWorld – It’s the question that vexes free open source software advocates and commercial competitors around the globe: Why is Microsoft Office so difficult to dislodge from its perch atop the IT heap? Is it the exclusive bundling deals? The deep Software Assurance entrenchment? Steve Ballmer’s backroom deal with the devil?
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InfoWorld – A chameleon: That’s what I think of when I ponder the myriad variations on the OpenOffice.org theme that have cropped up in recent years.
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