--- bg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I guess if it's attempting to be as universally
> usable as possible, that might make some sense. One
> thing I don't have a feel for is how many people out
> there that might need to share have nothing but 
> Works available to them. I don't have a sense
> whether that's a big, significant proportion or a 
> very tiny, readily ignored proportion.
> 
> Brewster 

I suspect the latter.  I once had Works, it came
pre-loaded on an IBM PS1 computer which ran Windows
3.1.  I used the package because I had it, but then I
came by some WordPerfect floppies at the place I
worked, made copies, and used that, i.e. I stole the
software.
 
I suspect that most home users either use stolen MS 
Office software or OpenOffice.org, and that those
still using Works are few.  Of course, impoverished
independent schools like the one where my wife works
are another exception - they wouldn't want to get
caught with stolen software.  I am still trying to
persuade them to see sense and download OO.o.  Perfect
sense really, since students and teachers can have the
same software at home, and nobody has to pay.

Colin.

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