Here is a most excellent article in which Steven explains, in simple terms, why it makes really good business sense to dump Microsoft and use Linux and OpenOffice.org. It is so obvious, even the M$ Fanboy should be able understand it…

It’s time to give up our Microsoft habit. We used to be able to afford to pay the Microsoft tax. Those days are done.

The hard days ahead are the days when we need to make the most of what we have and that means Linux. If we, and our businesses, are to make it through the great depression of the 21st century, we must start moving to Linux today.

I recommend you read it through, there’s some really simple and compelling arguments in there. And then read the comments.

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I came across this pearl on the OpenOffice.org marketing mailing list and it certainly gave me a little chuckle…

It was from Alexandro (CoLo of OO.o Spain) who is looking for a job in the USA working with OpenOffice.org. Here is one I don’t think he’ll be applying for…

US-WA-Redmond-SMB Marketing Manager - Breadth.

The Breadth Team is seeking a talented Marketing Manager to help drive our competitive efforts within the SMS&P-SMB and with other field teams, segment teams and product groups across Microsoft. Our passion is helping our field and partners win against our biggest competitors in this space, particularly OpenOffice and MySQL.

[Emphasis mine]

Or perhaps he should? Why not infiltrate the competition? I’d hazard a guess that M$ do, or have done it.

O.K. I’ll admit that he might not last so long But I’m sure he could cause a decent amount of “Collateral Repair”. [This is the opposite of Collateral Damage; in this scenario he would help many SMEs to discover the advantages of using OpenOffice.org and Open Source in general, thereby preventing the damage caused by using proprietary software].

Have a nice day.

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