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Review One: Reviewed on The Apple Blog: “The first noticeable item is how quickly OpenOffice 3.0 beta loads, even when compared with Microsoft Office 2008. Still in development and not scheduled to be a final release for almost four months, nevertheless OpenOffice 3.0 beta is garnering great reviews around the net.Įrwin Tenhumberg has recently pointed out three such reviews of the Mac OS X version: More OOo 3.0 Mac Reviews May 22nd, 2008 Benjamin Horst Posted in Free Culture, ODF, Open Source, | Comments Off on Motley Fool: “The Fall of Microsoft Office” With OpenOffice 3.0 coming this fall, it’s time to expect another big jump in its user share. Microsoft’s Office is going to lose marketshare, and Motley Fool sees this as having a big impact on Microsoft’s core profitability.įrom the perspective of open source users, it means Microsoft will have less money to spend on attacking us, which is a good thing.įrom the perspective of all computer users, especially small businesses, it means costs will decline as the $400 price for Microsoft Office is no longer a required expense–using the free instead will be an easy alternative. I just hope that Microsoft has some alternative business prospects on tap - and no, tackling Google’s search hulk head-on doesn’t count.” “The company’s biggest revenue generator may be a shadow of its former self in a few years. But it’s clear as day that Microsoft just took a serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it will come. “I can’t say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the office software market, and if they did, it won’t help their revenue or profits directly anyway. If implemented honestly (a big question for Microsoft), this throws open the doors to competition in a way MSO has never had to deal with before. Microsoft has publicly announced it will support ODF in its Office suite. Lots of open source and open standards tech people, including me, have long anticipated this, but now a mainstream financial site, Motley Fool, is predicting “ The Fall of Microsoft Office.” Motley Fool: “The Fall of Microsoft Office” May 29th, 2008 Benjamin Horst You are currently browsing the SolidOffice weblog archives