Comments on: Is Microsoft Begging Students to Buy/Use Office http://www.bradbaldwin.com/2007/09/13/is-microsoft-begging-students-to-buyuse-office/ Random thoughts screaming for release from within Brad Baldwin's head Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott Baldwin http://www.bradbaldwin.com/2007/09/13/is-microsoft-begging-students-to-buyuse-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Scott Baldwin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:14:57 +0000 http://www.bradbaldwin.com/2007/09/13/is-microsoft-begging-students-to-buyuse-office/#comment-1764 Additionally, I'm sure MS is nervous about the whole ODF versus OOXML standards game. Sure, applications supporting ODF are far behind in adoption when compared to MS Office, but MS has to play "King of Bunker's Hill" now that companies like IBM are donating significant resources to OpenOffice.org. Google Docs exports in OpenOffice format. I'd like to think that MS is scared that users of the world will at some point recognize they CAN make a choice, and MS wants to dictate what the world will choose. Wishful thinking... Additionally, I’m sure MS is nervous about the whole ODF versus OOXML standards game. Sure, applications supporting ODF are far behind in adoption when compared to MS Office, but MS has to play “King of Bunker’s Hill” now that companies like IBM are donating significant resources to OpenOffice.org.

Google Docs exports in OpenOffice format. I’d like to think that MS is scared that users of the world will at some point recognize they CAN make a choice, and MS wants to dictate what the world will choose. Wishful thinking…

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