OpenOffice makes Microsoft login difficult?

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On the Internet, the saying goes: "Microsoft says it wants to be an operating system, Apple goes down; Microsoft says it wants to be an Internet, and the website goes down; Microsoft says it wants to be a development tool, and Borland goes down; microsoft said IT would be monopolized and Microsoft fell down."

From this passage, we can easily see that Apple, Netscape, and Borland were the enemies of Microsoft at different business layers in different periods, but their fate was the same: they were defeated or conquered by Microsoft.

Who are the enemies of Microsoft today? Microsoft CEO Ballmer once mentioned this topic at a small conference. according to his ideas, Microsoft has three enemies: the first is Google, the second is Google, and the third is open source software. I also had some questions about why the first and second websites are Google. later I figured out, maybe the intention of this sentence is to emphasize that Google is already very powerful, listing it as the first two "wanted" objects also reflects Microsoft's emphasis on Google's rise.

There is no doubt about the strength of Google. at least at present, there are not many direct confrontation between Microsoft and Google. This year, especially recently, Microsoft's top executives mentioned open-source software on different occasions. we may be able to see some changes in the wind direction.

On October 18, May this year, Microsoft's chief software designer, Ray Oz, held Sanford C. in a speech at the Bernstein strategic decision-making conference, although Google is a particularly powerful competitor, open source code is more lethal to Microsoft's business model.

In an interview with Gartner analysts in October, Ballmer said that although Google is ahead of Microsoft in the search market, Google is not the biggest competitor of Microsoft. On the contrary, Ballmer believes: "OpenOffice and StarOffice are more threatening to Microsoft ."

Microsoft attaches great importance to the development of open-source software. On July 6, middle October, OpenOffice.org 3.0.0, the much-anticipated open-source office suite, was officially released. on the day of its release, the server became unavailable due to excessive downloads. In late October, Ubuntu 8.10, the popular Linux desktop release, was released on schedule, significantly improving compatibility and ease of use. Recently, public opinions have been paying close attention to the tomato garden event and the Microsoft "black screen" event, which have been stir-fried. for the first time, the authoritative media, CCTV, has targeted open-source software.

This is a momentum that includes both public choices and beyond itself. these changes from the open source world have to worry about Microsoft. According to industry insiders, Microsoft's Office business occupies a prominent position of 1/3 of Microsoft's total revenue, from which we can easily understand why Ballmer has said this. After several years of development, OpenOffice has made great strides in compatibility and stability, especially in the last two years. Major standards organizations and Office vendors (including Microsoft) are actively trying and making efforts to ensure the compatibility of document format standards and interoperability, openOffice is becoming more popular and more people are using it.

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