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Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition - Jamie’s Random Musings on Video IM - J.A. Watson’s Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Posted by J.A. Watson
As I have been going around alternately prodding my friends and family to try Linux, or [...]

IBM pushes “Microsoft-free” desktops

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

IBM pushes “Microsoft-free” desktops
IBM announced a partnership with Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat to sell “Microsoft-free desktops,” says an eWeek story by Chris Preimesberger. The Linux software giants will work with hardware manufacturers to market custom-designed PCs preloaded with Lotus word processing and collaboration software, says the story.
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Canada’s First Olympic Gold

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Canadian Huynh wins gold - Yahoo! Canada News
BEIJING (Reuters) - Carol Huynh gave Canada its first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday in the women’s 48kg freestyle wrestling event.
Huynh, 27, defeated Japanese two-time world champion wrestler Chiharu Icho who took silver in wrestling’s lightest weight class. The score was 3-1.
Finally!
And now you know [...]

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