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Whereas the technowinnies are all excited about this, a 'blow' against Microsoft, it isn't.

Totally agree. A third party will probably come in and add this functionality through a module. I've already heard the hard ass at MA is set to retire here soon anyway, just like a lib, mess it all up then bail.

The geeks are excited about the idea of Linux on every desktop; whee - not going to happen in any state.

Roger that again. Simply too hard for the average Joe, who can't even keep their Windows boxes working all the time or get their plug and play devices or software to work right either. They're not going to care too much for open office if they've been using the real thing much either.

Simply too hard for the average Joe, who can't even keep their Windows boxes working all the time or get their plug and play devices or software to work right either. They're not going to care too much for open office if they've been using the real thing much either.

I've yet to find a device that would be found in a state office that doesn't configure properly with one of the major Linux distributions. It is more time consuming for me to get the HP all in one to work with Microsoft than with Linux - to do so on my XP box, I have to install the software before I plug it in, an action that will normally take thirty minutes. Whereas the Linux box ran everything just by plugging it in - scanning went to an image editor, printing worked in all applications. Sure, OCR took about three minutes of searching with Google, but I know of few people who really use OCR in a standard office.

Linux isn't harder than Microsoft. But if I spent my office credit in landing an MS Office certificate course, I'm going to be pretty ticked if someone tries to change away from it. That would devalue me in the strange bureaucracy of the government system. The only reason why this didn't happen with Wordstar or Wordperfect was that they didn't keep up with the functionality inherent in a graphics operating system.