| From: | "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question) [semi-OT] |
| Date: | Mon, 4 May 1998 09:42:39 -0400 |
[linux stuff snipped to GridSec's eternal delight... :-) ]
>> >but I still have to have a copy of Win95 for games, and MS Office.
>>
>> You should try grabbing a copy of StarOffice (well, if you've got
>[snip]
>> Of course, I use HTML for all my word processing needs (vi
>> forever! :-), so I haven't used the word processor much. I have used
>> the spreadsheet to draw up graphs of dice combos though... :-)
>>
>StarOffice is nice. But how does it compare to Office 97?
>(I haven't messed with it in a long while, something for me to mess
>with in my free time :)).
Don't use O97. Or O95, for that matter. Well, apart from MS-Access,
but that's not what we're talking about...
>Vi ick! Give me emacs any day. :)
Not that it matters that much anymore - have you ever seen Emacs
running nvi in a window, running emacs in a window? :-)
[more linux stuff snipped]
>> >The masses
>> >want somebody to call when it breaks, and to be able to wonder
>> >down the store and by their programs. I don't see this changing even
>> >by 2050. This is all IMHO of course.
>>
>> No, they don't want somebody to *call*, they want somebody to *blame*
>> when they have to explain to their boss why something broke/isn't
>> on schedule.
>
>Same difference. Besides why else do people actually buy software vs
>"stealing" it? So they can call the company complain, and ask questions.
I buy software because I can. When I had no source of income, sure
I copied games - $80 CDN is pretty hefty for a game (WCII, IIRC).
Now that I have money, I buy them (when I think I have time to spend
playing them, which isn't often).
>I suppose this Topic is wondering fairly far. But I guess you have
>to see the parallels today, if your going to draw the conclusions
>forward to 2050. I see the crash, and the resultant "standards" as FASA's
>way of leveling the playing field, and leaving out the tech details.
>It may or may not have a basis in reality. This is all IMHO of course.
Yeah - FASA just wiped out computer tech because they couldn't
predict where it would go.
James Ojaste
