On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:45:55AM -0400, Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:
> Things could have gone in a different direction if Open Office had
> succeeded in being a viable alternative to Word for business
> document creation, however that still hasn't happened, IMHO.

It seems viable to me... I think the reason it is not more successful
is that it is not 1-for-1 compatible with MS-Office, which is
previously extremely prevalent on account of bundling and other forms of
aggressive marketing.  One thing you have to credit Microsoft for:
they know how to sell stuff.

For Open Office (or another like it) to truly succeed, I think it
needs the backing of a major player who can use some of the same
marketing techniques (i.e. bundling the software with stuff that you
already want).  The only company that seems to me in a position to do
something like this is Apple, and "open" is really not their MO.
Maybe someone can convince them to bundle OO with iPhone. ;-)

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