Monday, May 8, 2006

Can open source defeat Microsoft?

While Microsoft has had some 20 years to make Office what it is today, most industry analysts say that new open-source contenders, such as OpenOffice, measure up reasonably well against Redmond's suite. But they also say that while these suites do have most of the features of Microsoft Office, they lack certain advanced capabilities that make all the difference. Clearly, Microsoft continues to define the office space and likely will dominate office software for the foreseeable future. But an interesting question to ask is whether a group of volunteers--however large--can ever hope to measure up against Microsoft's millions of dollars. Is the idea so far-fetched that a group of volunteers <A HREF="http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=43132">can compete successfully with Microsoft?</A>

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