So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story.
From Miguel de Icaza
We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate.
I think that by October the whole company has to migrate to OpenOffice, and then I think it's by June next year we all migrate to Linux - you don't want to migrate 6,000 people both operating system and office suite in a single jump.
We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them.
I've never worked with the Java community.
I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.
Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.
Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.
Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.
When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job.
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