Archive for January, 2010

OpenOffice.org in internet cafes threat to Microsoft

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Another week, another example of how Microsoft is being forced to react to the increasing adoption of OpenOffice.org as the 2010 office software of choice. Clearly worried by OpenOffice.org’s increasing market share, Microsoft has been forced to change its licencing terms in an attempt to hold on to its internet cafe business. Directions on Microsoft [...]

The blog is mightier than the sword

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Thanks to all those who picked up on the Microsoft Linux and Open Office Compete Lead job advert and blogged about it. Not surprisingly, the ad has now disappeared. maybe all that blogging helped Microsoft find their perfect candidate overnight? or maybe they decided that the plan of “engaging with Open Source communities and organizations” [...]

Number crunching

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

According to The Inquirer, Rachel Bondi, general manager of Microsoft Office, can scarcely contain her excitement at the number of people who are downloading the Microsoft Office 2010 beta: “it’s a rate of more than 40,000 downloads per day. That’s approximately twice the number of people who run the Boston Marathon each year, or the [...]