http://andrewmcafee.org/2006/09/office_20_conference/ The Business Impact of IT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://andrewmcafee.org/2006/09/office_20_conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2758 steven aldea Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:22:36 +0000 #comment-2758 :wow: The debate going on in MS state about Microsoft Office verus Open Office standards underscores the search for viable alternatives in the office applications sector. Meanwhile, people require compatiblity with Microsoft Office file formats. Setting standards is only part of the picture. Society needs to look at substance more than mere form in the matter. In the service economy there may not be as much substance as in the industrial sector. Beyond that, in industry there is design and engineering. Design is ubiquitous in our society and may include stylizing and artistic insight. Design requires vision and initiative. There is the need to be different, which goes back to choice in office applications.I am pro-choice. :wow: The debate going on in MS state about Microsoft Office verus Open Office standards underscores the search for viable alternatives in the office applications sector. Meanwhile, people require compatiblity with Microsoft Office file formats. Setting standards is only part of the picture. Society needs to look at substance more than mere form in the matter. In the service economy there may not be as much substance as in the industrial sector. Beyond that, in industry there is design and engineering. Design is ubiquitous in our society and may include stylizing and artistic insight. Design requires vision and initiative. There is the need to be different, which goes back to choice in office applications.I am pro-choice.

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