http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/09/13/ibm-joins-the-openofficeorg/ Open Source > Linux > LQ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/09/13/ibm-joins-the-openofficeorg/#comment-1519 corey Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:43:22 +0000 http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/09/13/ibm-joins-the-openofficeorg/#comment-1519 I can only see this as a good thing all around, especially for IBM. My company has 1,000s (over 100,000 employees - most with computers) of work stations that connect to some form of email service and many offices have been using Lotus Notes for the email, scheduling, address book, and help documentation. The email was migrated to Outlook first, with the rest to follow. This is something that was done for cohesiveness. This move now opens the door for a move back to an IBM (co-branded) product that ill work well for the purpose. I can see doors opening for OpenOffice now qwhere they wouldn't have before. I can only see this as a good thing all around, especially for IBM. My company has 1,000s (over 100,000 employees - most with computers) of work stations that connect to some form of email service and many offices have been using Lotus Notes for the email, scheduling, address book, and help documentation. The email was migrated to Outlook first, with the rest to follow. This is something that was done for cohesiveness. This move now opens the door for a move back to an IBM (co-branded) product that ill work well for the purpose. I can see doors opening for OpenOffice now qwhere they wouldn’t have before.

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