Pay it Forward Works for Linux Too - Part II

Well, it's only been a short while, and I have already seen two of my friends switch a friend each to Kubuntu.

It seems the concept of "pay it forward" may actually work in the real world. I guess time will tell.

You may also find this post on the Ubuntu Forums to be an interesting read on what people find is their last hang-up on switching completely to Ubuntu, or what finally tipped the scales for them.

For some, it's a working Adobe PhotoShop via Wine. For others it's the availability of a comparable Office Package. Whatever their reasons, people are continuing to make the switch daily.

Standards again...

So, I've been performing some updates on my computer. I am currently building OpenOffice 2.1 from source... WOW - 8 hours and still going. Of course, it could be all the compiler options I have enabled for optimization :)

Anyway, while building this, I decided to check out some of the highlights on the program and came across an interesting article.

I guess M$ is slowly realizing all they have to lose when it comes to the Open Document Format (ODF) being used by OpenOffice and KOffice (among others) and users pushing for all vendors to adopt it.

Several states in the US, the most recent being Texas, have put forth bills to require the use of ODF (or similar Open Standards) in all government agencies. If this trend continues, then perhaps M$ will start to play nice with everyone.