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To: Kashish King who wrote (9374)	6/19/2000 10:44:00 AM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

The reason your CIO uses Microsoft Office is that he discovered he would save $356,000 on an annual basis by not using Corel's bug-ridden office bloatware. Here we use Word and WordPerfect, mostly for exchanging simple memos. Only one of them routinely blows up in your face: WP.

To: Kashish King who wrote (9374)	6/19/2000 4:21:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 9798

The reason your CIO uses Microsoft Office is that he discovered he would save $356,000 on an annual basis by not using Corel's bug-ridden office bloatware Rod, your logic is convoluted and not reflective of the actual reality. MSFT has captured 90% of the desktop OS market because they made special deals with box-makers to load Windoze as their primary operating system. So since most business computers were coming preloaded with Windoze, it wasn't much of an stretch to see CIOs streamline their operating budget by buying MSOffice as well through their preferred vendors. No other Applications suite really stood much of a chance against MSFT... not Big Blue OS/2 or Lotus, not SUNW, not CORL, and not StarOffice (which works on Windoze). None of them were able to compete because of MSFT's lock on the OS and these special arrangements with box makers. But with Linux that has all changed (we hope for the better) since it is a new OS marketplace yearning for applications that provide it the credibility it deserves. Since MSFT isn't supporting Linux, and since CIO's are looking for their vendors to offer them lower cost OS support (namely free linux software), the expectation is that they will be willing to pay for a OfficeSuite that maintains capatability with their MSFT systems, but operates on a free OS (Linux), which saves them EVERN MORE per employee seat. Now they only have to pay for the OfficeSuite, and not the OS. Now maintenance will be a cost, but is was with MSFT, and now there is a lot of competition in the market to meet that service/support demand that will build as CIOs penny pinch even more by moving to the Linux platform. That is why WP2000 stands to potentially gain significant market share in the Linux market. They have a MSFT compatible Suite that works on the free OS that they want loaded on their desktops (saves money). CORL has an established group of vendors and resellers who are scrambing to find an Office Suite that facilitates an easy transition to Linux. CORL has a respected brand name for their products (unfortunately tainted by reckless management). And as we see from the article in CRN, CORL is able to generate high ratings from objective reviewers for their Linux products. So when you look at RHAT, or Caldera, you'd better look at CORL as a competitor. Because they are, whether you like it or not Rod. And they are a viable takeover target for someone wishing to capture the Linux desktop marketplace. Trash CORL all you like on the managerial side because they deserve it. But I'd stop trashing their software, were I you, since more authoritative and objective sources are showing you for the foolish blowhard that you are.