[mmorse]

Bingo. It's a perfect time for them to be in ally mode, especially since OpenOffice can help fight the battle on Windows platform's too.

Not to say I completely dislike MS (well, there is the Exchange rival part) - I just tend to root for the underdog, and vote for open source where possible. Plus 'how to get to the top?' proves more stimulating than 'how to stay on top?' in biz simulations anyways.