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Subject:RE: Open doc format From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:43:00 -0500
Define "the fastest growing user base."
How much of the user base is actually "let's see what this is" base. In a
way...I'm one of those statistics. I downloaded and tried Open Office. I
wasn't comfortable with it. Don't know why...just wasn't. Are there many
more like me? How would you know except that at some point, renewal or
updating activity slows.
>> For another, do a web search and you'll find all sorts of stories about
governments and companies moving away from Microsoft in general.
There have been stories of people "moving away from Microsoft" since MS hit
the airwaves, yet it doesn't seem to slow. Is it possible that many of these
stories are seeded by parties with agendas different than MS? Also...if I'm
staying with something, I simply stay with it. I don't broadcast "Hey! I'm
staying!" The important question is, and nobody but MS knows this, the
number of licenses that are not renewed.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
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