____/ Rick on Tuesday 03 June 2008 23:04 : \____
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:53:46 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:59:34 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> Microsoft Free - One year later
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>>>>| I am not going to recommend to anybody that they change their company
>>>>| standards away from Microsoft. What I will tell you is that open
>>>>source
>>>> is a
>>>>| viable alternative that can be used in a production environment. So
>>>>when
>>>> you
>>>>| see flame wars where the two camps argue back and forth about their
>>>> favorite
>>>>| technology, you can point to this post when people claim that Linux
>>>>and
>>>> Open
>>>>| Office just won't work in the work place. I have validated that they
>>>>do
>>>> work
>>>>| for over 365 days now. Whether we should use these tools at work is a
>>>> whole
>>>>| different story that really depends on factors like corporate
>>>>culture,
>>>> skill
>>>>| sets, budgets, user base, executive support, and many others. |
>>>>| All I can say is that for the last year, I have been using Open
>>>>Source | exclusively and I am loving it!
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>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/microsoft-free-one-
> year-later-25078
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not really Microsoft free is he?
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> I put "Microsoft free" in quotes because there are a few exceptions.
>>> First, I did install IE 6.0 under wine for that rare occasion that I
>>> stumble across a website that only works on IE. Second, there is no
>>> answer for Visio. Most of the Visio diagrams that I needed to read were
>>> embedded in design documents in Word which I can read with Open Office
>>> Writer. But for those that I needed Visio for, I opened them at home on
>>> my XP box (I have 1 XP, 1 Vista, and 5 Linux boxes at home). I also
>>> used Visio at home when I had to create Visio diagrams. The issue is
>>> Visio's proprietary format is not available for developers to write a
>>> translation utility for. </quote>
>>>
>>>
>>> "... and I am loving it!" - He should keep his employers "I'm loving
>>> it" tag-line out of his blog.
>>
>> If Schestowitz actually read what he posts he wouldn't keep making these
>> embarrassing errors.
>> Of course he can't do that because he has to keep the quantity up so his
>> masters will be happy and pay him.
>
> ... and why do you care, stalker?
Gah! Again with that libel about money and masters.
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