Microsoft went to Houston and told them it was time to pay up, and license Office appropriately. Apparently the Houston city council said no thanks, and decided to go with an Internet-based office suite for a fraction of the cost.
While it's refreshing to see someone as large as the city of Houston say no to Microsoft, I am a bit disappointed. I would have loved to see the city of Houston choose Open Office (or even Star Office) as their office suite. Open Office is, in my mind, a true competitor to Microsoft Office. In my experience, it provides most the functionality that many Office users need.
Perhaps Houston was looking for more of an ASP model. Someone to take care of their software for them. I'm betting that they could have found a Linux-based ASP to slash their costs and move them further away from Microsoft dependency.
But, I'm just dreaming...
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