>> Not to speak for Ted, but I think the issue isn't choice; it's the >> confusion from calling the same thing 3 different names. "Choice" would imply 3 different products. If Microsoft were to offer "Office A", "Office B" and "Office C", and they were all the same thing inside the box, that's hardly "choice".<<
Thanks for making my point Ed. I said this exact same thing about Linux distros with respect in to confusion in the market place and the bunch of you dumped on me about choice. Choice is good. Specifically it was put in terms of the automotive industry only offering a few cars instead of the many we all can pick from. I learned something that day. Obviously all three OOo products have the same code core, but each product is different and made so by the individual organizations. Ted noted that this will confuse the marketplace, and I completely agree with him. This is exactly what I said about Linux and the numerous distros. This is the exact same thing. For the most part the three Open Office products will be the same with a tweak here or there and maybe even a new feature here or there. Open competition, free marketplace. All good principles, but it leads to mass confusion <g>. Linux distros are still the same at the core with maybe a different applet here and there, and maybe a different GUI on the front end, but they are all Linux. I don't care if you call one Debian, another Ubuntu, another yet another Fedora. At the core they are the same. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
