"Victor I. Trevino" wrote:
> Linonut wrote:
>> Victor I. Trevino belched:
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>> Just like scramblers killed the cable TV industry.
>>
>> Many, if not most, people will put up with lots of crap.
>> They need educating.
>
> Cable subscribers have nothing to fall back on. Premium
> content on satellite television is also scrambled. They
> have no other choice. However, people can easily switch out
> of Windows into an alternative if it bothers them that
> much. Of course, most people will be stuck to it since
> their $1500 worth of proprietary commercial software runs
> on Windows and not Mac or Linux. Sad that people will give
> up so many computing freedoms.
Actually, if you are talking about the home user, I do not
know of many who have $1.5K US (750 GBP) worth of software on
their home computers. This may be true of the person who has
a decent salary and is in technical management or people
management.
Others who cannot afford Microsoft Office will prefer
Microsoft Works or another suite like WordPerfect. This is
where OpenOffice is an alternative. Downloads have already
reached 200 million.
Not everyone brings computer file type work to home.
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