MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection

zerodamage · Nov 24, 2003, 07:06 PM

" The Israeli Ministry of Commerce - essentially the treasury - has suspended all contracts with Microsoft.

First out of the door is the Israeli employment agency, which will replace 550 out of 700 users with OpenOffice. The contract represents a hardware win for IBM. Some 150 staff will stay on Microsoft Office. For now, all the switchers will remain on Windows, running the Win32 version of the software libre equivalent of Microsoft Office. "

Source: TheRegister

Spyro124 · Nov 24, 2003, 07:08 PM

ooohh, big ouch for the big M and a big win for Big blue

iguanas · Nov 24, 2003, 08:19 PM

IMHO, the win32 version of open office , is a resource hog, and u cant compare the tools of both office suits.
ms office is clearly the best out there

Zardon · Nov 24, 2003, 08:21 PM

yeah I would agree with you, MS office takes some beating.

zerodamage · Nov 24, 2003, 08:23 PM

I guess it comes down to cost. You just cant beat it. But OpenOffice is a HUGE resource hog. Takes forever to load up.

Ev!L-aLphA · Nov 24, 2003, 11:52 PM

o shit lol i lived in israel for 7 years

ms stuff went pretty well there dunno why they doing this

Nov 24, 2003, 07:06 PM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection " The Israeli Ministry of Commerce - essentially the treasury - has suspended all contracts with Microsoft. First out of the door is the Israeli employment agency, which will replace 550 out of 700 users with OpenOffice. The contract represents a hardware win for IBM. Some 150 staff will stay on Microsoft Office. For now, all the switchers will remain on Windows, running the Win32 version of the software libre equivalent of Microsoft Office. " Source: TheRegister

Nov 24, 2003, 07:08 PM	#2
Spyro124 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 120 Rep Power: 0	ooohh, big ouch for the big M and a big win for Big blue __________________ My Computer stats: AMD64 3200+ Asus A8V Deluxe PNY 6800 GT 2x 512MB Kingston Value Ram pc3200 1x 60GB WD and 1x 74 Gig WD Raptor Dell 1704FP TFT

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Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	o shit lol i lived in israel for 7 years ms stuff went pretty well there dunno why they doing this __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Nov 24, 2003, 08:19 PM	#3
iguanas DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	IMHO, the win32 version of open office , is a resource hog, and u cant compare the tools of both office suits. ms office is clearly the best out there

Nov 24, 2003, 08:21 PM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yeah I would agree with you, MS office takes some beating.

Nov 24, 2003, 08:23 PM	Thread Starter #5
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I guess it comes down to cost. You just cant beat it. But OpenOffice is a HUGE resource hog. Takes forever to load up.