Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]

Andrey Panin (pazke@donpac.ru)
Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:08:21 +0400


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On 172, 06 21, 2003 at 11:53:29 +0000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
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> >Do you really think it was _necessary_ to change the document format in =
just
> >about any W*rd version available? Do you? Not really.
> >Its all about creating problems for competitors and none about being kin=
d to
> >the own customer.
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> >You don't find this kind of behaviour in GPL software.
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> I'd consider "If it does not work with the new version of libfoo,
> please recompile" or "you need a newer blafoo tool to use this" or
> "your compiler isn't usable for application xxx" much worse.=20
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> And _this_ is common for many open source projects.
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> Reality Check: 99,9% of all computer users don't know what a compiler
> is but can open Word 6.x documents in WordXP.

If you want Windows, you know where to get it.

People please stop this useless thread !

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