Novell and MS ? and other things.

Well the world is certainly gone into some strange territory. Linux continues to gain ground, especially on the desktop. I have seen some great distros as of late, however I simply haven't had the time to try them. On my list are the newest SuSe and Xandros. Mandriva keeps improving too. Linspire has opened up its code in a move that I see as absolute genius. In other areas I see that Sun continues to gain share and I am becoming more interested in them. I wish they would really beef up StarOffice though. It could be a real contender if it had the statistics tools and so forth. As I write this Vista has finally made its way to at least the business arena where it already seems to be having trouble (big surprise there). This may have been Microsoft's folly in that it has really opened the door for Linux. I saw recently that both India and France are shunning MS. They are not banning it but simply have chosen to move in a more open source direction. I see lower lic fees in the next decade because share will slip if MS can't get it right this time. I looked at early previews of the next office suite, dull to say the least. I also tried downloading their accounting software (which failed, must have been from a MS server). When will they learn that it will take alot to compete with Intuit. Not that Intuit is great (because it sure is not in my opinion) but it is the standard so if you can't make as a good a product or better, you simply better not try. Tucker's auto was too ahead of its time and some of the very things he began we are seeing in todays cars. Only about 40 years of difference. Well that is all I have time for today. Look forward to that next Thunderbird release.