What if the entire OSS community were to collectively advocate for people to switch to only one OSS product? Since Linux is currently daunting to the lay person, what if every OSS advocate were to focus on getting people to switch to OpenOffice.org (for Windows)? I bet that a lot more progress would be made.

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I like this idea; it makes Open Source more accessible to the masses. Getting Firefox or Thunderbird running on Windows is far easier than installing an entire new operating system. I’ve tried to push OpenOffice where I can, especially with people who have Works that was supplied with a new computer.

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