Linked by Sean Cohen on Tue 13th Apr 2004 06:52 UTC
Today I'm going to talk about why software - any software, all software - actually matters, what the different types of software are, and why you should care about its properties (no matter who you are, or what you do).
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Good article. I've used OpenOffice but it didn't meet my business needs however I think most people would be able to use it for at least opening word documents. Ogg vorbis simply rocks. I don't use linux because I'm not interested in becoming an admin at home. It has its merits though and I think if it followed MacOSX's lead of making things easier it could really become a hit.
We need more open standards apps to challenge the closed ones like Office, Flash, <your favorite-but-closed app here> but if they cannot produce at least equal value it may be difficult to get users onboard.