On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:05:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ ed ] on Saturday 16 September 2006 15:42 \__
>
>> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:58:46 +0100
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> __/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 16 September 2006 13:52 \__
>>>
>>> > After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>>> > wisdom:
>>> >
>>> >> OpenOffice 2.0 (Review)
>>> >>
>>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> >> | In the field of office productivity software there are few
>>> >players. > | In the world of open source software, there are even
>>> >fewer. Each of > | them
>>> >> | say they are directly competing against Microsoft's Office suite.
>>> > Only
>>> >> | one is winning. Let me introduce you to OpenOffice, the one and
>>> >only > | open source office suite that's not only winning the war,
>>> >but it's > | giving Redmond some rather nasty nightmares. Lets pick
>>> >apart this > | bounty of goodness and see what's inside.
>>> >> `----
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=146
>>> >
>>> > Monopoly pricing!
>>> >
>>> > Starts at $165 for the "lite" version and $499 for the full suite
>>> > on average. Some versions cost upwards of $650 or more.
>>>
>>> In Soviet Russian, office buys you for $650 or more (or is it the
>>> other way around?). Mind the lowercase "O". Same when it comes to
>>> hardware.
>>
>> In CCCP software is free. No copyright laws, IIRC.
>
> In Korea, only old people pay for software (to keep the Slashdot
> saga/subculture going).
>
> Microsoft's evil plan:
>
> 1. Produce shoddy software
> 2. Neglect to release patches frequently
> 3. People need to pay for Microsoft Live OneCare to protect their PC's
> 4. ...
> 5. Profit!
For people who can buy commercial software pirated on DVD from Kiosks in
the local shopping mall like you can in FSU, Tawain and other places?
Sure.......
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