[odf-discuss] ITWire article: "Novell drives nail into Microsoft Office coffin"

[Christian Einfeldt]

Hi Alberto,

I am so glad to see someone from Extremadura Spain on this list!
Extremadura is sooooo very advanced in the use of open standards and
Software Libre.  If anyone is feeling glum about the future of Software
Libre, I would heartily recommend a visit to Extremadura Spain.  We filmed
even a _bakery_ the City of Badajoz using Software Libre, and the hospitals
in Badajoz use GNU/LinEx !  Microsoft and closed formats are really on the
way out there.

If you want to see footage from Extremadura, go here to our keyword search
index page:

http://tinyurl.com/yluwoc

I particularly recommend the clip of the town square in Merida, which is the
political capital of Extremadura.  The town square in Merida is absolutely
one of the best places in the world to decompress and enjoy a sunny
afternoon in spring.  Right near the town square is an ancient roman bridge
over the Rio Guadiana.  Extremadura would almost always be my first choice
of a destination for a really great vacation.  You can see life in the town
square here:

http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv075_spain_34_plaza_04-04_001.ogg

So it is really wonderful that it was Alberto who sent in these stories!

-- 
Christian Einfeldt,
Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
<http://archive.org/details/digitaltippingpoint>

On 3/11/07, Alberto Barrionuevo (FFII) <alberto.barrionuevo at extremadura.es>
wrote:
>
> Just seen:
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10185/1023/
> http://slashdot.org/articles/07/03/06/0151207.shtml
>
> Any more info about this OOXML capabilities in OOo and if OOo is
> planning to add it to the official version?
>
> With an interesting comment in ./
> ---
> I believe the yearly revenue for Microsoft Office is about 15 billion
> which is about one third of the total revenue Microsoft makes every
> year. Correct me if I'm off. Over the past five years or so Microsoft's
> stock has been essentially stagnant. And Microsoft has had to make huge
> cuts over many of the preceding quarters to hit their street
> expectations and keep the stock from tanking.
>
> Even a modest hit to the Microsoft Office revenue due to the upgrade
> treadmill from the format lock-in would have a massive effect on the
> company. Over the years Microsoft used their rapidly growing stock to
> keep salaries down and attract people with the lure of huge gains from
> their option grants. If office software revenue starts falling and
> Microsoft exec options start turning worthless I think you will start to
> see dramatic cuts at the company - the multi-billion dollar Xbox fiasco,
> the Zune mess, and many of the other let's throw money at new markets to
> try to get the stock moving attempts that Ballmer and others have tried
> since the stock peaked back around 2000.
>
> I have to imagine that Microsoft will fight this move to open office
> formats with a fury never seen before. This isn't just extra billions
> that Microsoft won't miss, it is the multi-million dollar retirement
> money for a whole lot of execs up in Redmond under direct assault by a
> bunch of dirty hippies.
> ---
>
> //Alberto.
>
>
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