> >- The reluctance of people to throw away their previous training efforts > >to use something different which still only has the same functionality > >and therefore doesn't give them anything more. There's no incentive. end-users
> >It's a first come first served. software houses... > Are you talking about the software house or the end-user? > >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. True. I was thinking of apps for which there is no free(speech) Linux equivalent. > 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. True. Let's say I meant "home user apps". Turboprint, the dictionary which started this thread, ... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
