Re: Microsoft Office 2010

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Those are not incriminating - yet :-)


On 5/13/10 1:04 PM, "Pete Helgren" <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yep.  Office is a cash cow for Microsoft alright.  I was just musing
> about other folks abandoning MSO because of the presentation I did last
> week at the Common Conference on using OO with DB2 for i5/OS data.
>
> The only thing missing in OO at present in regard to DB2 for i is the
> data transfer plug in that IBM provides for Excel.  If they would
> produce one for Calc, that would be great.  I plan to move a customer
> off of MSO(2003) this summer. I'll probably blog about the success (or
> failure) of that when it is complete.  They are an i shop so the DB2 for
> i integration issue is important to them.
>
> And no, I don't think MSO is going to go away but OO is a great
> alternative in these tough economic times, especially for IBM i shops
> that need office productivity tool integration with DB2 for i.
>
> (I *tried* to keep this relevant to Midrange with the DB2 for i
> references but will move to PCTECH before David posts any more
> incriminating pictures about me on Facebook in retaliation)
>
> Pete