On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Tuesday 2007-12-11 at 09:34 -0600, Bryen wrote: > > A couple of months later, she called me complaining that OpenOffice > > was too cumbersome and her daughter was complaining that she didn't > > understand it because everything she learned in her elementary > > school computer class taught MS Word. We had a little bit of a > > heated discussion, and I told her that a) she can't afford MS > > Office anyway and > > That argument doesn't hold in some places, unfortunately. People here > are convinced Windows is free, as in beer, and if it doesn't come > included free, you just get a "pirate" copy from anybody. In the end, > free. > > I simply can not convince anybody here to use linux or even OOo with > the price argument, I loose. Windows software is free. And, if you > are in a business, the boss pays, and as the boss is by definition > always rich, so it is of no consequence, it is free. And you can > borrow a copy for home, too. > > :-( > > The rest of the possible arguments are then moot. It is more > difficult, it doesn't have all the whistles, it is not serious, it is > not compatible (!), etc. The best argument in my armory, freedom and > zero license cost being useless to them, the rest is moot. > > (Don't argue with me, I'm all for OOo... the problem is "them") > > So I remain "the freak" of the group. > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R.
============== Simple solution to that problem. A call to the BSA to alert them to the company letting this happen. Watch how quickly they lock it down or change once a few fines are levied. Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
