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[burns]

On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 18:49, Alma J Wetzker wrote:

> see that doesn't happen.  What busines apps do we have for linux that 
> make people want to run linux so that they can use that application? 
> Office?  Spice?  Photoshop?  What do we have that is close?
> 
>  
I would hardly classify Photoshop as a major business app for anything
but the graphics market. It's not really a mainstream "cubicle" app in
the same way that MS Office is.

Linux has chosen to chase the server market rather than expending most
of its energy on the desktop where Windows has a stranglehold.
Notwithstanding that, the Gnome and KDE folks continue to move the
yardsticks month after month.

As far as office productivity apps go, Star Office has shed some of its
bloat and Open Office has emerged as a winner. Collaborative calendaring
is now available in a fairly polished and attractive form, Outlook
clones exist (e.g. Ximian Evolution)and spreadsheet applications are no
longer a poor etch-a-sketch drawing. In fact, if you really wanted to,
this year there is no good reason why you couldn't switch your office
over seamlessly to a Linux desktop. With KDE, even the conversion
training would be minimal because it is so similar to Windows.
> 
> (I have a dream of writing a SAP-like application for distribution 
> businesses for linux but I just don't have the time with going to school 
> right now.)
> 
Ehrrrr, Ummm...
http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.asp?pressID=39
http://www.sap.com/linux/news.asp
http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/theme_pages/index.html?linux_02032003.html
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux/
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/specsheets/websphere_as_linux.html
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/sys-auto-linux/library.html

Or did you mean dot Net, perhaps? ;o)
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burns