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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'

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Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 13 November 2003, 3:44 PM)

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Well, I use Open Source 'cos it's better.

Free BSD underpins OS-X.

I use OpenOffice, which even on X11 is so much more stable than Word on any Windows platform I've used. OpenOffice would be even better if it was LESS like MS Office, even so the user interface is better.

Gimp is really very good.

I can't wait for the OS-X native versions.

I even use Fire (An Open Source chat program) to chat via the MSN Messenger protocol, it's way more reliable than Messenger itself.

There will always be commercial software but Open Source is the future.

I prefer it for one reason. The developers tend to concentrate on making it work, rather than making it pretty, which is the one thing Microsoft should really learn.

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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'

  1. [quote] But when it comes down to how seriously th... Anonymous
  2. What is this talk about "public domain" and "open... Anonymous
  3. Somebody tell Bradley Tipp that I convert all wind... Michael Geier
  4. Microsoft certainly can learn from Open Source, bu... Wynand Winterbach
  5. "We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Shane
  6. Gee, Mr. Tipp. I use open source software most oft... Anonymous
  7. [Quote] "We haven't talked to a single user who ha... Philip Brink
  8. I use Open Source software because it is better th... Shane Doucette
  9. I use open Source Software because it's better and... James Dehnert
  10. I tend to seperate the ideas of "Free Software" an... Won Kim
  11. In response to the claim that nobody says they're... David EIsner
  12. Of course there are good reasons why "Microsoft re... Rodd Clarkson
  13. "What is this talk about 'public domain' and 'open... Anonymous
  14. > One Microsoft employee even went so far as to sa... Walter Dnes
  15. "We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Michael Paddon
  16. Any chance I could get Tipp's number? We ditched M... Anonymous
  17. I use open source software because it's much bette... Rodd Clarkson
  18. Microsoft's Tipp said: "We haven't talked to a sin... Dennis McClain-Furmanski
  19. No users mentioned that Open Source was better at... Anonymous
  20. "We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Charles Oertel
  21. learn, but give to it something instead. dmitry
  22. Well, I use Open Source 'cos it's better. Free BSD... Anonymous
  23. Why does Microsoft always claim that "everyone" sh... Anonymous
  24. Open source V Public Domain The reason Microsoft i... Anonymous
  25. When Microsoft starts talking like this, we'd bett... William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno

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