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FAA Ponders Switch to Linux, Premier Apps

Growing consumer disappointment with Windows Vista, coupled with the need of major businesses and government agencies to begin assessing long-term computing needs, seems to be forcing IT professionals to consider non-Microsoft alternatives for their operating system and office suite applications.

Google Offering Premier Apps Seminars?

Last week, Google unveiled its Premier Apps service amid much blogosphere banter and speculation, namely to the tune that the search company is now, in effect, throwing its hat in the ring as a direct competitor to Microsoft in the enterprise sector when it comes to office applications. Two key features of Premier Apps immediately stood out most analysts when Google released the initial feature list:

Premier Apps Set To Take On Microsoft Office

With the launch of premium business applications, Google appears poised to challenge Microsoft for supremacy within the enterprise realm – a field that Bill Gates and his Redmond-based software company have dominated for nearly two decades.