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Bill Yanaire
"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknownuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>
>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknownuniverse.org> wrote in
>> message news:eXLMj.22640$vB6.4110@fe57.usenetserver.com...
>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@removegmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:fu015f$vm$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> Stephan Rose wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:26:04 +0200, Alias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Probably not, eh..
>>>>>>> From Open Office's web site:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "and it's free
>>>>>>> Best of all, OpenOffice.org 2 can be downloaded and used entirely
>>>>>>> free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 2 is released under the
>>>>>>> LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic,
>>>>>>> commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it
>>>>>>> on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them
>>>>>>> away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> However Alias, the GLP and LGPL do not prevent someone for charging
>>>>>> for a product. Hence why the whole play on the word "free" is so
>>>>>> confusing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Something that's L/GPL licensed does not mean it doesn't cost money.
>>>>>> It only means that you get full access to the source code and then
>>>>>> can do with it whatever you like. It does not mean that you don't
>>>>>> have to pay to get to it. Also, nothing is preventing dual licensing
>>>>>> on open office.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One prime example is cross platform library I use, Qt. It is
>>>>>> probably best known as the library used to develop KDE applications
>>>>>> and is GPL licensed. However, it is also released under a commercial
>>>>>> license for which I pay about 2,000 usd a year as that's the license
>>>>>> I need to use it for any commercial non-open source development with
>>>>>> it. Also contains a few additional features not present in the open
>>>>>> source version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, unless I see an official statement about open office
>>>>>> starting to cost money from a reputable source I'm not going to
>>>>>> believe it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It says it's free and can be copied, shared, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> Of course it's free. It isn't worth anything. Takes the user
>>>> experience back about 10 years. Who would want to pay for that?
>>>
>>> A lot of people that can't stand the bloody ribbon in MSO07.
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> I don't like the ribbon is MS07 very much. I would rather use Office
>> 2003.
>
> So you'd rather use an Office suite that was .5 of a decade old.
> Interesting!
>
I would rather use Office 2003 than OpenOffice anything. I use Office 2007
mostly. Both Office 2003 & 2007 have the macro capabilites which I use
sometimes. In OpenOffice, it's not up to par or non-existant.
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Former Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>
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> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>
>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknownuniverse.org> wrote in
>> message news:eXLMj.22640$vB6.4110@fe57.usenetserver.com...
>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@removegmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:fu015f$vm$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> Stephan Rose wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:26:04 +0200, Alias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Probably not, eh..
>>>>>>> From Open Office's web site:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "and it's free
>>>>>>> Best of all, OpenOffice.org 2 can be downloaded and used entirely
>>>>>>> free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 2 is released under the
>>>>>>> LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic,
>>>>>>> commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it
>>>>>>> on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them
>>>>>>> away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> However Alias, the GLP and LGPL do not prevent someone for charging
>>>>>> for a product. Hence why the whole play on the word "free" is so
>>>>>> confusing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Something that's L/GPL licensed does not mean it doesn't cost money.
>>>>>> It only means that you get full access to the source code and then
>>>>>> can do with it whatever you like. It does not mean that you don't
>>>>>> have to pay to get to it. Also, nothing is preventing dual licensing
>>>>>> on open office.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One prime example is cross platform library I use, Qt. It is
>>>>>> probably best known as the library used to develop KDE applications
>>>>>> and is GPL licensed. However, it is also released under a commercial
>>>>>> license for which I pay about 2,000 usd a year as that's the license
>>>>>> I need to use it for any commercial non-open source development with
>>>>>> it. Also contains a few additional features not present in the open
>>>>>> source version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, unless I see an official statement about open office
>>>>>> starting to cost money from a reputable source I'm not going to
>>>>>> believe it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It says it's free and can be copied, shared, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> Of course it's free. It isn't worth anything. Takes the user
>>>> experience back about 10 years. Who would want to pay for that?
>>>
>>> A lot of people that can't stand the bloody ribbon in MSO07.
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> I don't like the ribbon is MS07 very much. I would rather use Office
>> 2003.
>
> So you'd rather use an Office suite that was .5 of a decade old.
> Interesting!
>
I would rather use Office 2003 than OpenOffice anything. I use Office 2007
mostly. Both Office 2003 & 2007 have the macro capabilites which I use
sometimes. In OpenOffice, it's not up to par or non-existant.
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Former Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>