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I've been a Star Office / OpenOffice user for many years - I use it exclusively. Admittedly, that was initially due to my employer's insistence but quite honestly I'd probably be using it by now anyway - I have a couple of Linux machines and IMO Open Office is still the most complete / polished suite for that market.
So, I care how well OpenOffice is doing in the broader market because every time another big company or organisation adopts OpenOffice - I know I'll benefit; ultimately. I'll benefit because OpenOffice will improve with every new user and the ISV base will expand as the user base expands.
So I was encouraged to see two OpenOffice related news items on my feed reader this morning. The first from C|Net reports that France's gendarmes and Ministry of Culture and Communication have adopted Linux (instead of Windows) and that includes OpenOffice. The second via e-week's (SJV-N) - OpenOffice gets a SharePoint-like extension via O3Spaces.
