Um, why the heck couldn't you run MS Office 97 or XP "as long as you want"? There is nothing forcing you to upgrade if you don't want to. You simply won't have what the newer versions have. The same is true with OOo, if you want "OpenDocument Support" you can't stick with OOo 1.0, or even 1.1.2 - but you don't have to upgrade. No one can *ever* force you to upgrade your software. Once you have whatever - MS Office 97, StarOffice 5, AppleWorks 6, Missile Commander 85, or ChadOffice 2006 - once you have it, you can use it forever. Unless there is some sort of number of uses kill switch or dated reference kill switch built into the software (like a trial version or whatever).
That's a very poor arguement that you can "always use OOo." No kidding. I can always use whatever I want to always use. -Chad Smith On 9/14/05, Lars D. Noodén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quite true, but at least in theory you can continue to run v1.x for as > long as you want. Same for v2. Both can run on the platform of your > choice, so you can change platforms without necessarily being forced > into changing productivity suites. Can't say the same, though, for MSO. > > -Lars > Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP: > http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Steven Shelton wrote: > > Of course, just to play devil's advocate, OOo underwent some fairly > > significant menu and functionality changes between v 1 and v 2.... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -Chad Smith
