On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 07:01 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: > Well said. I agree. Just note that this is an excellent summary of why > almost all computer users will continue to ignore any rant on how good > it is that the source of the software they use is available, or waste > time migrating away from something they already know.
Dealing with crashes (like the Windows "blue screen") is time well spent, but learning how to escape the problems of non-free software is all of a sudden a "waste [of] time"? That doesn't make sense to me. Then again, I don't own Microsoft stock. > Most people don't want to live in a world where "software doesn't > suck" (ESR) or "they can't share knowledge with their fellow (!!!) > programmers" (RMS). They want to live in a world where they can get > things done *ignoring* how their software and that of their partners > was developed. This appears to me to be a contradictory statement. Being able to use software that just works, to me, implies that in general people would be happier with free software. I have never had problems with OO.o crashing on me. The worst that happened, was during the migration from the old 1.1 and prior format to OpenDocument, I had several glitches tracked down, eventually, to using styles called "Default" inappropriately. (Note to others: don't name things "Default" unless you're ready for bizarre side effects.) I cannot sing the same praises for Microsoft's products, or in one case, even for FreeBSD (which I no longer use). -- Shawn K. Quinn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]