On Thu, 2 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You missed MY point. I'm not disagreeing with what your feelings are.
:-) This _is_ a judgment call, given the arguments, it certainly cannot be demonstrated so each have to make up its mind. I really have nothing to do with feelings :-) > I am a huge Linux fan and think MS is the bain of the computer industry > bu the fact remains it will be a while before Linux can say it has made > serious inroads into MS's stranglehold on the OS market, though, like > you, I am confident it will happen. Again a judgment call which cannot be debated further. Personally I think that "while" won't last more than few years. [...] > >As for "MS is everywhere": yes it is _now_, so what is your point ? > > > Try telling the millions of people who pirate software every day that. > Once again, I agree with you but most just do not get it that if they "Pirating" is a inconvenience. It may be a small inconvenience in some cases/countries but still. And there are two uncertainties, at least for businesses: - Can you put your mission-critical apps on bootlegged software ? What if "tomorrow" something happens and you suddenly won't be able to get the updates any longer ? Or read your data locked in some proprietary format ? - What about support ? For the bulk of it you may call some local help who do not care but what if you hit something where you need the vendor support ? - Security: how can you be sure that the vendors have not implanted some back-doors in unregistered software ? There are probably other reasons but I can't think of them right now. And from businesses it will trickle down to home users. Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
