Jesse Walker wrote:
> 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." That's because Microsoft is in the mushroom producing business. Keep them in the dark and feed them shit! > > > 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 >> >> -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout & Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net 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>.
