On 12/3/05, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 09:58 -0600, Randomthots wrote: > > > If I'm not actively concerned about cross-platform and/or > > cross-application compatibility, then XML is mostly meaningless to me. > > But anyone an use that argument about any feature of MSO 2003. I don't > need it so its no improvement over OOo. This was your basic argument. > OOo was no improvement over MSO XXX - I just gave you a couple of > examples of why it is.
This whole MS thing just underlines the power of advertising. People like shiny boxes and slick advertising - it makes them feel like they've climbed on "The Success Train". > What concerns me is the attitude that certain features of upper-tier > > software shouldn't even be on the radar for the future. > > I think making the code more efficient would be a better use of > resources than re-inventing E-mail clients. I agree. Incidentally, Mozilla seems to be completely ignored in discussions about FireFox and ThunderBird, but Mozilla's e-mail client works better than anything I've used on either side of the fence. It requires slightly more thinking than Outlook, but it causes less trouble and produces e-mail looking just as good if you do it right. > > Being cross-platform is incredibly important for open-source migration. > > That's the beauty of OOo, Mozilla, Gimp, etc. If, over time, one-by-one, > > you adopt these open-source apps on Windows, eventually you can get to > > the point where you realize you don't really need Windows. > > I got to that point 3 years ago - well actually I still use Windows > occasionally for some very specific things but I won't be buying any > more Windows software which is all that really matters. Same here. There's the moral issue as well of not supporting the illegal organization Microsoft that is damaging to the computer industry as a whole. Buying their products only strengthens the monster. If they were an honest company it would be a different story, but they are foul and should be opposed for that reason alone, never mind how rotten their software is! RM
