InstallFest - Linux Quote

Hans wants a quote from the project manager (volunteer coordinator). Below
is the first pass at such a quote. Please review it, making
recommendations. Be brutal.

Concerns of mine are:

1) should we mention Microsoft by name?

2) The length maybe to long.

3) Maybe (hopefully) other (more) packages like OpenOffice.

4) More companies than just IBM and HP. What are they?

Quote:

For years Linux has provided IT professionals with a "stable", "cost
effective" solution in the file server arena. The only way end users could
know that their server was not running a Microsoft operating systems was the
fact that it never crashes.

Today Linux brings that same stability and cost savings to the "office
desktop" environment.

With packages like OpenOffice (Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Presentation)
rivaling any commercially available offerings, it is easy to understand why
Linux has been eagerly embraced by governmental agencies throughout the
world. Not to mention such companies as IBM, Hewlett Packard.

In a phrase, Linux is ready. Come see why. Join us at the October 25th
InstallFest.