You know, I wonder how far Microsoft is going to be able to push the general public before consumers have had enough. I have thought many times in the past that a particular incident or policy would finally be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Unfortunately, consumers never seem to "get it."
In regards to the public beta of Open Office, it is very positive news. Unfortunately it is my understanding that this public beta is still not the Aqua version that people are expecting. Rather the public beta will still need to be run in the X Windows environment or rootless with XDarwin running in Aqua. I read an interview with one of the head developers who stated that an Aqua verion was still a ways away. Let's hope some more developers get on board and get the project clipping at a little better pace. The devs are really short-handed last I read. Jesse On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 12:54 AM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > According to an article at ZDNet: > > RSA 2002: Microsoft is considering charging for additional security > options, and admits it didn't move on security until customers were > ready to pay for it > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2123526,00.html > > > > Uh huh. And by the way, for those interested, the OpenOffice project > is almost ready to release the public beta version for OS-X. (You > don't have to pay for the security :^) > > Jerry > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
