Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00

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On 29 Sep 1998, Donal K. Fellows wrote:

> The question remains whether software (which often has a fairly short
> useful lifespan) should have the same IP rights and restrictions
> associcated with it as a fiction book or a play (which typically has a
> much longer useful lifespan - people are still reading King Lear and
> the Odyssey.)  How many copies of Windows98 do you think will still be
> in use and supported in 2008, and that is a major software product?

Why do you assume that all software has a 'fairly short useful lifespan'.
Just because a package is superceded it is not redered useless. There are
many people who are still running WordPerfect 5.0 as their word processor
becuase it does everything they need.

I even have an old copy (about 9 years) of a C compiler for DOS that would
be very useful to me if I ever decided I wanted to compile something for
DOS.

Old or superceded does not equate to useless.

Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@ukpost.com>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/29
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