On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:08:44 +1300 Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Snubbing commercial vendors is working in Microsoft's favour. > > I can't quite agree. By using Firefox and the GIMP on Windows or Linux I'm > certainly not supporting Microsoft. > > Microsoft and Apple bundle a wide range of basic applications - browser, > video > editor, music ripper/player, etc. Linux needs to provide these for free (as > in > beer) as well if it is to compete. theres nothing in that list that i don't have on my libnux box, all for free (in both senses, although perhaps not the codecs) > > Commercial vendors are needed to deliver the top-end stuff - Final Cut Pro, > commercial-grade accounting apps, engineering apps. Don't criticise Linux > users > for being afraid to stump up - not many home Windows or Apple users pay for > top-end stuff like this either. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
