Opensource vs Office

Well, maybe this is part II of the great Microsoft vs. all others debate Paul and I have with each other. Now the debate switches over to Opensource vs. Office. For many years, including while I was working for Microsoft, it seemed as though there were many people who thought Microsoft's demise would come in the form of StarOffice or OpenOffice. I saw the demos and, while I was slightly impressed, the functionality seemed greatly lacking and with Opensource, it seemed much too difficult for an enterprise to embrace. Seems I might be right, or at least Capital Engineering agrees. They recently made the switch from OpenOffice to Microsoft Office. OpenSource isn't quite as "free" as everyone thinks, there are costs associated with it in the form of file conversions and application compatibility. Once Capital Engineering grew, they realized that OpenOffice just couldn't support their enterprise. Click for more information on this story.

-posted by Anne