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On another issue

Posted Nov 25, 2005 5:29 UTC (Fri) by tjhanson (guest, #357)
In reply to: On another issue by Baylink
Parent article: Open document formats and the path to world domination

It would be a significant crack in the dike cement. Free replacements would likely show up at the margins, with workers who don't need the features of a full blown Office. Small, struggling businesses would begin using it. Gradually the mind share starts to support it.

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Oh, certainly

Posted Nov 25, 2005 13:51 UTC (Fri) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

I'm not saying that it's useless, merely that the proposition isn't quite as clear-cut as it was originally presented as.