Star Gates Sees IBM, Not Google, As Top Microsoft Rival
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Jan 2006 19:15 UTC
Microsoft Media coverage focuses on Microsoft's competition with Google, but Chairman Bill Gates sees IBM - not the Web search leader - as its biggest challenger. "People tend to get over-focused on one of our competitors. We've always seen that," Gates said, comparing the potential threat of Google's search capabilities to past competitors such as Internet browser Netscape and Sun Microsystems' Java programming language.
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RE[3]: IBM Rival?
by greta on Fri 6th Jan 2006 02:09 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: IBM Rival?"
greta
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2006-01-06

Why would they port open openoffice... they already have iWork office suite which has replacements for all of Microsoft office apps (except for excell) but an excell replacement (numbers) is scheduled for release next week.

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RE[4]: IBM Rival?
by dylansmrjones on Fri 6th Jan 2006 04:26 in reply to "RE[3]: IBM Rival?"
dylansmrjones Member since:
2005-10-02

Nit-picking: It's Excel and not Excell ;)

But of course, you have a point. But one reason for porting OpenOffice would be OpenOffice's much much larger user base (Linux+Windows).

But the most important thing is of course having a real alternative to MS Office.

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