It's free as in open
not free as in beer. You aren't complaining about them wanting to be rewarded for their efforts, you are whining because you couldn't get something for nothing.-1 for being a hypocrite
View ArticleAES2, I've not got or want MS Crappy Office 2013,
I have used MSO 2010 and every version of MS Word and Excel prior to that. I know that MSO 2003, 2007, and 2010 could NOT open any documents saved in any version of Word or Excel prior to MSO 97...
View Articlethe word open in open source is to describe the way it's developed and the
code is open to view. The fact that many open source developers give their products away free is another matter to the way it's developed.
View ArticleCounterpoint....
Windows 8 itself comes in four editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, and Windows RT - that's not counting things like the Pro Pack or Media Center Pack you can pay additional for to...
View ArticleActually, Windows 8 comes in more editions as they also split by
32 bit and 64 bit, the same as most Linux versions do. Another point is the Win RT comes so locked down that there's very little option to install anything on it after purchase. And it comes with...
View ArticleNot So
" I can send a document in any of those formats to almost anyone in the world and expect it to be opened."Assuming they've spent $100, $200, $400 on the right Microsoft Office software. And as was...
View ArticleLinux for the average joe...
I've been using Linux for about 6 years now. I see a lot of commentary about how it's too hard for the "average user", there's no good place to get started or to find help, etc. I work in tech support...
View ArticleThat's so true about the average home user. They know so little and care so
little that very few even manage to make the rebuild / backup discs as so many of them can't work it out bow it's supposed to be done by the user so the supplier can save a few cents by not including...
View ArticleConsumers buying retail
aren't going to have Enterprise as an option. RT is only pre-installed available on selected tablet models.But most consumers won't even make the Pro / non-Pro choice. They'll buy a new computer and...
View ArticleThe myth is people want to learn linux
I just want my desktop to work with as little of my time and effort as possible. Time spent learning how to edit the xconfig file to get my tv-out to work is time that I could spend working or learning...
View ArticleYou don't have to learn the nuts and bolts of Linux and more than
you have to learn them for Windows. Many versions like Ubuntu and Zorin you just install and use - easier too if you have a friend who can install it for you.Recently set up a system for a friend's...
View ArticlePeople who don't want to learn linux, don't want to learn windows either
I rember the first time I opened office with it's new ribbon thingy, spent the next ten minutes trying to figure out where Print went.It's not that you don't want to learn Linux, it's that you don't...
View ArticleWorks on my laptops with no problems
I have xubuntu on an old 2003 pentium M lappie, then ubuntu 12.10 on a 2007 core duo one and on a 2012 i5 ivy bridge and it works on all of them.I can't say they're without issues. One of the things...
View ArticlePartially true
"Assuming they've spent $100, $200, $400 on the right Microsoft Office software." That's usually a valid assumption. Add to the high fraction of Microsoft Office users the OO.org and LibreOffice users...
View ArticleHave to agree
Although Jack's demeanor in print is reasonable, he doesn't approach these things from a logical perspective. He has decided to back the Linux/Ubuntu horse no matter what, and will find justifications...
View ArticleNo he's backing the Ubuntu horse
If you squint a bit linux is out of scope, Windows is a non linux distro.
View ArticleI still dislike that ribbon
It's not just the interface. It would be if the GUI always did everything for me but I still need to install software, connect to network shares and get new hardware to work.
View ArticleLike or not like is one thing
I'm not saying you are wrong to stick with windows because you know it.I'm not saying there's something wrong with you because you don't want to make the effort to move away from it.What I am saying is...
View ArticleWell put, Tony!
GNULinux is indeed not Windows. The very arguments that Windows users offer to defend their sticking with Windows are the key points why some GNULinux users chose a free (libre/freedom) computing...
View ArticleInteresting choice of words
When they get a choice they're "forced" to make a decision; meanwhile the use of "forced" isn't applied to the consumers who have no choice about the version of OS they're getting on their new device.
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