Subj : Re: Which Linux for a beginning desktop?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : SINNER
Date : Sun Feb 27 2005 03:37 pm

* Mxsmanic wrote in comp.os.linux:
> Trent Buck writes:

>> You appear to be confused.  An 'enterprise' system is something that
>> goes on a server and serves hundreds or thousands of users -- i.e. it is
>> something for Big Business.

> An office suite is something that goes on a desktop used in an office.

Office Suite was a coin termed by MS, it has nothing to do with using it
in an office.

>> Neither Microsoft Office nor OpenOffice are 'enterprise' systems; they
>> are application suites run by desktop and application users alike.

> The functions they provide are typically used mostly in offices.  There
> aren't too many people preparing PowerPoint presentations for their
> parents and kids.

You must not have Kids.
They are producing Garage Sale signs or Home Owners association
stuff, or Science Project stuff or.....

-- 
David
furbling, v.:
	Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank
	even when you are the only person in line.
		-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"

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