____/ BearItAll on Tuesday 20 November 2007 14:15 : \____
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> * Roy Schestowitz fired off this tart reply:
>>
>>> Software-licensing costs predicted to fall
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Gartner also predicts that a fourth of all new business software will be
>>>| delivered by software as a service by 2011.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.news.com/Software-licensing-costs-predicted-to-fall/2100-1011_3-6219263.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>>>
>>> Gartner: SaaS and open source pressuring proprietary software vendors to
>>> drop prices
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Of course, it's going to take a long time to topple decades of wasteful,
>>>| inefficient software practices, but we'll get there. Maybe it will take
>>>| decades. But eventually customers will win
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9820038-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
>>
>> Sooooo! How much software do youuuu want to buy?
>
> I spent a fortune on software this year. I paid for StarOffice on a new
> machine. It was nearly £30. (puts flat cap on floor and wait for
> donations).
You know, with Google Pack, Windows users can get StarOffice for free now. I
don't know why Linux is left out in the cold in that respect. Chris DiBona
wouldn't tell me, but then again, there's no Google Pack for Linux.
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