I was reading a story on Linux Insider asking “What’s holding OpenOffice back?“ This really got me thinking about why I personally still use MSOffice on my personal Ubuntu Linux laptop (which is my main machine). Why is MSOffice still used on Linux distributions where OpenOffice is already installed and updated? When Lou Dolinar attempts to tackle this question he really turns it into a theorhetical argument and gives no specific reasons why people should switch to OpenOffice as opposed to another office suite.
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posted by Jason Young at 9:00 am
So, in a move that shocks absolutely no one, Richard Stallman (RMS) has once again denounced Microsoft and their tactics. This time, however, he has got me rather aggravated with his arguments. I am a very big fan of GNU/Linux, even running it exclusively on two of my three machines. But RMS, considered by many to be the father of the modern Free/Open-Source Software movement, has really jumped a boundary when he wrote a BBC article blaming Bill Gates for ruining computers for the majority of users. While I dislike many of Microsoft’s tactics and products, I really feel that RMS is out of line with this latest rant.
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posted by Jason Young at 12:04 pm