____/ Linonut on Wednesday 16 April 2008 23:01 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Expect a lot of vapourware tactics from Microsoft. Too many CIOs are
>> starting to stare at directions other than Microsoft's.
>
> I know I would. A platform where I can try a lot of things out, no
> strings attached? And where a lot of nice things work well?
>
> It's a no-brainer, as long as your boss doesn't demand that you spend
> money.
This one is recent:
OpenReferent - a New Open Source Challenge to Microsoft Desktop Software
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| Mr Pogodin, Deputy General Director of Post of Russia, said: "Post of Russia,
| which has 42,000 post offices through out the country, can significantly
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| lower the cost of ownership of the Information System." Post of Russia is one
| of the first customers that signed up to evaluate themove from Microsoft
| based desktops to OpenReferent solution.
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| [...]
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| Open Referent is based on the recently announced IBM Lotus Open Collaboration
| Client Solution with Red Hat.
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| Business partners classified as Red Hat Advanced Business Partners and
| Lotus-authorized IBM Business Partners may sell the Red Hat and IBM Lotus
| products globally with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, and may
| additionally offer a six-month Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop trial.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb823104.htm
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