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In article <87emsns1aw.fsf@ivm.de>,
	Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> writes:
>Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> Applixware and StarOffice, in their new incarnations, will open Office
>> 97 files.
>
>Applixwarez and $tarorifice are proprietary crap. There's no place for them on
> GNU/Linux. Only traitors and backstabbers like A.C. encourage their usage.

yeah, right, sure...
I don't see any gnu / freeware /whatever software that allows me to have the
same kind of functionality as Office (or SO or Applix or whatever) so I'll use
the one that is free for me (SO is free for personal use) while it does the job
more cheaply than MS. I don't see why it should make any difference if it's
commercial or not, I still get to do what I want to do without having to pay
shit loads of M$ crap.

>> Where a standard exists, if you want to compete you have to adapt to it.
>> 
>No, those evil standards need to be boycotted and ignored.

sure, but don't be surprised if you find you can't operate effectively when you
ignore all MS-format mail/word documents/whatever...

>> >And, practically, why buy office suites that emulate MS stuff, to a
>> >greater or lesser degree, when you could just buy the MS stuff?
>> 
>> Because competing packages can be far better products!
>> 
>Only free competing packeges can be better products, proprietary ones are as
>much dirt and junk as MS office. 

erm, would you like to see the world outside your own arse some day? if you
want a product that is free rather than one that does the job then in many
cases you will have to put up with a not-so-good product. I don't like
monopolies at all, but I'm quite happy to use SO because it does the job and
doesn't create or support one...

>> >It doesn't matter how they gained their monopoly position.  It could be
>> >through better marketing, or through anticompetitive practices, or even
>> >through technical superiority.
>> >
>They gained it soley by making deals with $atan.

erm, whatever...

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