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| From | JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> |
| Subject | Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles |
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| Message-ID | <slrnkejsdg.f9g.jedi@nomad.mishnet> (permalink) |
| Date | 2013-01-06 15:50 -0600 |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2013-01-06, The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 06/01/13 17:43, David Brown wrote:
>> I've heard the "Windows 8 tablets will do well in corporations" theory
>> before, but I can't say I agree with it. It will certainly do better
>> there than in the consumer market, but I cannot really think of many
>> reasons why anyone would want a tablet (rather than a small laptop) for
>> business use - and no reason at all why anyone would prefer a Windows 8
>> tablet over an iPad or Android tablet.
>>
>> The only selling point that springs to mind is that a Windows tablet can
>> run MS Office, giving better compatibility with MS Office on desktops
>> (but not perfect compatibility - there never is between different
>> versions of MS Office). Yet the office software market is more
>> diversified now than it has been for years - the increased use of Google
>> office and other on-line tools, along with Libre Office / Open Office,
>> is making MS Office less necessary.
>
> LibreOffice or OpenOffice have, for all practical purposes, no presence
> in the corporate world at all. You and I might not like that, but that's
You could have replaced that rant with WordPerfect and at at that time
it was not more relevant to most users. If anything, the idea of running
a gross overkill application for professional secretaries has become even
less relevant as there are more "users" and less "employees" then there
used to be.
[deletia]
You're right. There is far more to the modern office than spreadsheets.
This doesn't necessarily benefit Windows however as many of those apps
may no longer be hosted on DOS desktops anymore.
If you're fixating on office then real life has passed you by.
--
"If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and
I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will |||
have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too." / | \
~ Albert Einstein
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The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-01-04 22:36 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-04 18:16 -0500
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-04 23:24 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-01-04 18:30 -0500
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-04 18:59 -0500
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-01-05 02:26 +0100
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-05 12:13 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-01-05 13:30 +0100
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-05 13:58 -0600
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-05 23:44 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-01-06 18:43 +0100
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-06 18:46 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-01-06 19:08 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-06 19:38 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2013-01-07 07:59 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-01-06 12:46 -0700
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-06 15:50 -0600
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-07 10:08 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 10:25 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-07 10:30 -0600
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles The Real Doctor <ian.groups@btinternet.com> - 2013-01-07 17:13 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-07 17:00 -0600
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2013-01-07 07:57 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-07 08:41 -0600
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-01-05 08:41 -0500
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Chris Hills <chaz@chaz6.com> - 2013-01-12 12:46 +0000
Re: The Multi-Billion dollar market opportunity created by Ubuntu on mobiles Chris Ahlstrom <admin@cyberbully.com> - 2013-01-12 09:57 -0500
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