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To: codawg who wrote (29076)	9/2/1999 9:51:00 PM
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codawg, Excellent analysis. You forgot to mention Corel WordPerfect. Companies just stopped buying it. Those that had----ended up spending more money in retraining employess in Office and the extra cost to buy Office after paying for Wordperfect. I would say that MSFT has even a stronger grip on Office than they do on Windows. For the average user, not much time is really spent on the operating system anyways. It will take a lot more than a strong competitive product to lure people away from Office and take "gambles" on alternatives. Imagine a company advertising for new employees with Star Office experience.... IMHO, a product has to be truly revolutionary before Office is dethroned. I just hope MSFT does not take this "threat" too seriously. If SUNW really wants to make it "work", they should look for the Microsoft marketing team of the early 1990s and hire them--then they have a small chance. However, I don't believe Bill Gates would be interested.<g>

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