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cat/dev/DiBona/brain: LAMP to WAMP to XAMP to SOFT (Linux Journal)
Chris DiBona writes about open
source adoption on Linux Journal. "Many have credited Firefox
with re-igniting the browser wars and giving Microsoft Internet Explorer a
run for its money. Along the same lines as LAMP, these applications and
others--such as GAIM, the terrific multi-protocol instant messaging
program, and the GNU Image Manipulation Program (The GIMP)--all run pretty
happily on Windows. And although OpenOffice.org could be a bit smoother on
OS X, progress there too is coming along. It is my hope that as more users
try and settle on these fine applications, they'll be driven to try Linux
out for size as well."
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cat/dev/DiBona/brain: LAMP to WAMP to XAMP to SOFT (Linux Journal) Posted Oct 13, 2004 6:53 UTC (Wed) by frazier (guest, #3060) [Link] From the article:It is my hope that as more users try and settle on these fine applications, they'll be driven to try Linux out for size as well.Migration typically happens through wading into the pool (and apps like OpenOffice and FireFox are great for this), not being shoved in like Ernie Ball was. Cross-platform apps are a great way for businesses and individuals to ease into open source. More migration case studies here:
cat/dev/DiBona/brain: LAMP to WAMP to XAMP to SOFT (Linux Journal) Posted Oct 13, 2004 13:05 UTC (Wed) by thompsot (guest, #12368) [Link] OpenOffice.org is going to be one of the key factors. If companies migrate to it (and it's format) as the standard, the rest will be not far behind. I have spoken with some in IT leadership who are afraid they will get stuck with documents not being formatted right, etc. when exchanged with business partners, vendors, suppliers, and customers. Never mind that it CAN be done, they want it to work seamlessly, and MS can't even make their productivity suite work seamlessly between versions, so there is some skiddishness.
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