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Submission + - SPAM: IBM Invests in MySQL/Oracle Competitor

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stoolpigeon

on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @12:20PM

stoolpigeon writes: "IBM has made a move to support Open Source RDBMS PostgreSQL by supplying $10 million in funding to EnterpriseDB, a company that supports PostgreSQL as well as selling their own propietary extensions to the database product. In the past EnterpriseDB has primarily advertised itself as an Oracle competitor, though the article says, "Derek Rodner, EnterpriseDB's director of product strategy, explained that Postgres Plus 8.3 also adds in new application quick starts which are supposed to help with installation issues. They will also help in EnterpriseDB's battle against MySQL for open source database supremacy.""
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Submission + - OpenOffice.org tries to woo Dell

Submitted by Rob on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @07:50AM

Rob writes: The OpenOffice.org open source productivity suite project has written to Dell Inc hoping to persuade the company to adopt OpenOffice in response to customer demand. "Let's have a conversation about how we could build an 'OpenOffice.org supplied by Dell'product to give your customers what they are asking for," wrote McCreesh, in reference to the demand for open source products on Dell's IdeaStorm web site. A somewhat obvious question is raised... Why isnt OpenOffice already available by default on new PC's and Workstations?

Comment Re:I don't get it (Score 1) 530

by lewdot on Thursday June 30, 2005 @03:24PM (#12952670) Attached to: Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money

And not putting a price on your time, how much did it cost you to try out all that linux software?

I know it's not for everyone yet, but out of curiousity, do have a license for all 7 copies of Windows? I assume you're using MS Office on there, you pay for as many licenses as you have copies installed? How about any additional non-MS software? Assuming you've payed for everything your using, how much did all that set you back?

Now, if you'd rather pay the difference between the two, than look for a little assistance online, or try a different distro (my personal advice, is to try the live CD version of it first, if one exists, to see what works), then yes, Windows is still the OS for you (although if price is not an issue, perhaps a Mac would be better for you). On the other hand, if your shocked at the price difference, and are a little willing to learn, then you'd be what I'd consider the ideal candidate for the next stage of Linux adopters: average computer users either willing to learn and/or fed up with malware.

(I do realize that currently most people fall into a different category: borrow the software they need and install it, rather then paying for it all. I'd imagine that this will get more and more difficult to do over time.)

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