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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: file formats [Re: Question about your KPresenter's review]
From:       Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy () thyrsus ! com>
Date:       2002-03-19 2:39:47
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On Friday 15 March 2002 07:52 am, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 04:39:12AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On Friday 15 March 2002 02:01 am, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
> > > > Windows is still costs money. Unless MS starts giving away Windows
> > > > and MS Office for free - it's doomed to loose marketshare.
> > >
> > > I see your reasoning, Vadim.  But things are different now than they
> > > were when the Mac was the better, more expensive system.
> >
> > Microsoft was on the winning side of the macintosh vs PC war because the
> > hardware fought all its battles for it.  Commodity hardware vs
> > proprietary hardware, with two propreitary operating systems on top.  On
> > one side you had guys willing to eat ramen noodles and lose sleep to get
> > their stuff out ahead of the competition, and on the other side you had
> > people playing to a captive audience.
>
> I am kinda starting to doubt if this should not move to another place;
> please stay on the subject of KOffice, which is what this mailing list is
> about.

Where do you suggest we take it?



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Cathy Raymond <cathy@thyrsus.com>

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if there is any reaction, both are transformed."  Carl Jung
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