Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org (Computerworld UK)
Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org (Computerworld UK)
Over at Computerworld UK, Glyn Moody compares the (in)famous 1999 Mindcraft study comparing Linux and Windows NT with a recent video that Microsoft has produced. That video shows various folks complaining about OpenOffice.org (and undoubtedly extolling Microsoft Office).
"The criticisms made in the video are not really the point - they are mostly about OpenOffice.org not being a 100% clone of Microsoft Office, and compatibility problems with Microsoft's proprietary formats. The key issue is the exactly the same as it was for the Mindcraft benchmarks. You don't compare a rival's product with your own if it is not comparable. And you don't make this kind of attack video unless you are really, really worried about the growing success of a competitor.
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