On Tuesday 04 November 2003 20:00 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 08:01:31AM -0700, Collins Richey wrote: > > Only negative experience. Since I get really good results with > > OpenOffice, I would never pay even $.02 for Star Office. You, on > > the other hand, may find some particular feature that makes the > > departure from open software worthwhile. > > I have come to the conclusion that my time is worth something. I am > now 57, and have only about 5 to 10 years before I get too old to > bother much with computers. So, saving time is becoming more important > than politics. I am also of the opinion, at least for now, that the > open source movement just will not be able to deliver the ease of use > of commerical software. What volunteer programmer is going to knock > himself out for hours so some lazy non-paying user can have a trouble > free software experience? Too often, open source means take it or > leave it, blemishes included. I have gotten tired of that. I tip > generously at restaurants for good service, so I can't see why I > shouldn't pay someone who writes software which saves my time. And, > certainly, $30 bucks for a competent suite like Star Office is a > bargain. I feel good about supporting both Sun and Lindows, too. > > Joel
Well gee... I guess at 65 and having bought from Sun, I feel 2.66666666 times better than you do... :-) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 11/04/03 20:11 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Friends: People who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
