On 2/1/2017 2:05 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
On 02/02/17 5:23 AM, Alan Pearce wrote:
Thanks to all for your help. Now I understand. I don't know why it
can't be as easy as Excel.
Well, Microsoft has an army of engineers working on it and charge you
for the use of their application.
OpenOffice has a couple of volunteers working on it and give you the
application for free.
Even a simple change requires a lot of time for testing and
documenting the changes.
Alan.
Another reason people should demand Congress establish a tax credit for
contributions to Open Source Software. Closed software is dangerous
and poses a risk to society worse than terrorists. Open source software
is in the public interest, and needs to be funded. Without a credit,
companies and individuals that donate to OSS, are at a disadvantage in
the marketplace. Those that don't pay, can use what they pay for and sell
it for less. OSS is the foundation for Blue ray players, but companies
that build them had no obligation or incentive to compensate people who
did the work. Inventors who want to contribute to the common good starve,
while companies that take advantage of their work get rich.
jrh
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