--- Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Not so sure. Microsoft is still doing well.
>

Only if "well" means simultaneously losing market
share, getting bad press because of the thought of
buying Yahoo, and everyone on the street hating Vista.
 
> > Some people still "need" them, and they're trying
> very hard to lock
> > people in(removal of 97/XP file formats from the
> newest Office after the
> > latest updates comes to mind), but they're in
> trouble.
> 
> I tend to believe Office 2003/2003 are not necessary
> for most business.
> Office 2000/XP are good enough. And I think
> OpenOffice is good
> enough for many people.

You must not know about the recent update. The new
version of Office, after updating, will no longer open
documents saved in earlier versions. For "security"
reasons. So you must install Open Office to open old
Microsoft documents.

> Simple blaming Microsoft all everything will not
> make the
> software world any better.
> 
> I am not exactly know what an apologist means.

Meaning you are not a Microsoft spokesman so it is
hard to understand why you are defending them against
all attacks - we have seen no evidence that they have
released a capable, tested product that customers want
to buy.

On the other hand, I am looking forward to the end of
April, when Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is released :)

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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