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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 485.92+0.4%Dec 19 9:30 AM EST
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To: DiViT who wrote (67086)4/11/2002 12:54:25 PM
From: dybdahl  Read Replies (4) of 74651
 
I did install CrossOver Office, but I still stick with OpenOffice. What CrossOver does, is:

1) To remove another excuse for not running Linux.
2) Provide a very good platform for installing other Windows apps, too (something I've found out later than my first post about it).
3) Again show the world that Linux does stuff that Windows doesn't.

Remember - MS Office 97 and 2000 run natively on Linux now. It's not emulated, it's not a virtual machine. And it runs well. So what does this do to Linux? It redefines it's specs to include:

- Windows compatible
- Runs the most well known Microsoft applications

This is about CrossOver Office 1.0.0. I guess version 2 will also run Publisher, MS Project and lots of other applications. Perhaps also a lot of apps from other vendors. So you can either choose to pay Microsoft a lot of money and get a OS that only runs payware applications, or you can get Linux for free and run a lot of high-quality, free applications on top of the Windows applications you would use.

Linux is becoming a better deal all the time. In the end of 2002, most of you will be surprised how bad a deal Windows is for most customers. A lot of companies know this and plan accordingly.

Dybdahl.
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