Has the settlement of the Microsoft antitrust case helped promote interest in software alternatives?
I’m not sure if it was the antitrust case. I think it’s more Microsoft licensing policies of late. That and the economic situation. In the good times, nobody really cared about the expense of desktops, the expense of manageability, the cost of applying patch after patch. We’re in a different world now, where every penny counts for CIOs. I think that’s probably more what’s opened up the industry. It’s more about security, cost and open standards. What are your goals for StarOffice as far as market penetration? Distribution to me is really critical. I think the combination of StarOffice and OpenOffice (the free, open-source version of the software) is just a great one-two punch. You have an open version for people to try, and that opens up the market that much more. And when they decide they need the support and other resources we offer, StarOffice is there. We’ve already had 10 million downloads of OpenOffice, and I think it’s going to keep growing. From my perspective, every version of
