[TriLUG] Re: Linux for the desktop

[Mike Mueller]

On Thursday 06 November 2003 12:34, Maria Winslow wrote:
> An English translation of the
> report is now available at http://relevantive.de/Linux.html (click on
> "English Translation").

83 page study.  Forrester would charge a thousand bucks for this kind of 
report and it would show MS creaming the competitor because MS paid for the 
study.  A quick glance through the candlestick charts in the final pages 
shows that KDE and XP are neck and neck.  This fits my experience of using MS 
business productivity tools from 1990-2002 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, 
Outlook, IE) and OSS tools from 2002-present (OpenOffice, GIMP, Kmail, 
Firebird). For business productivity Linux/KDE made an impressive showing in 
the study.  In the current economic climate of growing profits by reducing 
costs, the OSS choice is a business consideration that cannot be ignored.

-- 
Mike Mueller
324881 (08/20/2003)
Make clockwise circles with your right foot. 
Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air.