On Tuesday 03 August 2010 00:53:45 Michael Chamness wrote: > I would agree that cost should not be the determinant, but rather the > appropriate utility of any program. As I said, the application you know > how to use is a good application if it meets your needs. But when > dealing with programs like QuarkXpress, cost is important, because it is > (or used to be) quite expensive, aimed at the professional publishing > market. It came out of Colorado back then, but was sold and departed > for Switzerland last time I looked. Maybe that helped. I was not > fortunate in my working life (I'm 71 and retired now) to ever make much > money, and the outlay for Quark was the biggest computer expense for me > in that decade. Cost was important to me, and I suspect its important to > most people when they consider new software. And yes, open source > software has a definite advantage in the constant improvement from many > users. There are countless reasons why we buy what we do, and if we have > wives, they add to the mix - color, seat covers, whatever. But I'll bet > price is way up there in most people's minds, no matter what they may say. > > I thought I was the only person still living who had used Coherent at > one time, so was surprised when John Culleton mentioned it. I always > carefully read most things he submits, he seems to be very wise and > experienced in publishing, scribus, and other computer topics. He's one > of the significant regulars in this forum.
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