[ILUG] Re: The I.S.A in the Irish Times

[Tony Groves]

Rory McCann wrote:
> 
> I don't think it's a good idea to put forward OpenOffice, Firefox or
> Thunderbird as examples of open source innovation. All are too similar
> to exisiting Microsoft products to be called 'innovative'.
> 
> <Rory>
>  
The point I was making there was that the entire idea of Open Source is 
innovative in comparison with mainstream software, notably Microsoft's. 
And if examples are to be given in a non-technical newspaper, they 
should be programs that the readership can relate to and actually use today.

Tony.