Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Is the Linux desktop really here ?
From: Daniel James (daniel_AT_mondodesigno.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 21:33:32 EET
> With OpenOffice 1.1 I have yet to meet a user in real life (I've
> heard lots of accounts like your own on the net and I believe
> you, but in business I gotta rely on the experiences of those
> who pay me) who's unable to use it for basically everything for
> which they used Word/Excel previously. So I'm going to go out
> on a limb and say that number is a lot larger than 5% now, and
> is growing with each release even if the market share's a lot
> slower due to the primary marketing being word of mouth. I'm
> surprised the low end PC makers aren't already preloading it in
> lieu of MS Works or WP Office, but I bet they do sooner or
> later.
Our local white box mail order computer builder already ships Windows
XP PC's with OpenOffice preloaded. It's a no-brainer for them, given
the cost of an MS Office licence, which they can't put much mark-up
on because the customer will go to the volume software retailer
instead.
They can't put much mark-up on XP either, so I expect the operating
system market for the smaller independent builders will go the same
way. I expect that in future Windows will be priced as an optional
extra, which is only fair. I believe the Windows licence is the most
expensive individual component of an entry-level PC.
Cheers
Daniel
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