360.000 IBM workers have been told to stop using Microsoft Office and switch to the Open Office-based software Symphony. Quoting an inside source, the German economic newspaper, “Handelsblatt” reports that staff at IBM have been given ten days to change to Symphony, IBM’s in-house Lotus software. The use of Microsoft Office will in future require [...]
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Read the rest of this entry »Microsoft has reported disappointing results for the April to June quarter, with profits down by almost a third.Net profit for the period was $3.1bn £1.9bn, down by 29% from the same period a year earlier. Revenue came in at $13.1bn, down 17% from a year ago.The results were worse than analysts had been expecting.The world’s [...]
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