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To: rzeznikj at stout
I consider OpenOffice superior to Microsoft Office

I know, which is pretty funny!

We don't claim that Linux is inherently superior to OSX and Windows--we try to coexist with Apple and Microsoft.

You may speak for yourself, but you sure aren't speaking for Richard Stallman, "the father" of your free software movement. His stated goal is to make all software free, listed as his quote "ultimate goal" on some of his websites.

If they were having record profits

There is no "if" to it. They have been setting record profits for several years in a row now. Their latest quarter, that just announced last week, was yet another record. It's time for you to deal with it, since it's been happening for consecutive years but you're obviously still stuck in denial.

I don't have any reason to read Microsoft's "Get the Facts" propaganda and slick marketing campaigns--this is exactly where this baloney comes from.

No it doesn't, they're not related, MS has never mentioned the US Cert or NVD stats that I know of, check their get the facts website for yourself. I appreciate you being cordial, it's rare from your "community", but you are flat out wrong on every point you've attempted to make, all of which are easily verifiable.

30 posted on 01/31/2006 7:05:55 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle; N3WBI3
In all reality, the reason why I prefer OpenOffice is the cost and the usability. I can simply do more with my reports for my various courses in OpenOffice, and with the student loans I have, plus the cost of replacing my car after a nasty accident, the price is definitely right.

I can get a discount on MS software for being a U of Wis system student, but the cheapest editions run for $81. I don't have $81 to spare--for the reasons I listed above. That is not funny.

You may speak for yourself, but you sure aren't speaking for Richard Stallman, "the father" of your free software movement. His stated goal is to make all software free, listed as his quote "ultimate goal" on some of his websites.

If you read a lot of our posts, you find that not a lot of us have a high opinion of RMS. I don't either. Quit trying to paint a "Guilty by Association" on all of us.

I dare you to name five of us here who've tacitly supported RMS on any of these OSS threads within the past six months. You can't.

I don't know why I'm continuing to give my time to this thread with you--it's pretty clear that you're trying to promote MS on our threads by blasting OSS with sham accusations (and then subsequently denying and dancing around our posts)--in short, with nothing new to say in the past few months.

There is no "if" to it. They have been setting record profits for several years in a row now. Their latest quarter, that just announced last week, was yet another record. It's time for you to deal with it, since it's been happening for consecutive years but you're obviously still stuck in denial.

Wow. All I'm going to say is that this one's a keeper for the books. N3WBI3--what you say?

No it doesn't, they're not related, MS has never mentioned the US Cert or NVD stats that I know of, check their get the facts website for yourself. I appreciate you being cordial, it's rare from your "community", but you are flat out wrong on every point you've attempted to make, all of which are easily verifiable.

Didn't we go through this a few months ago, especially when I explicitly chastised you for not being able to prove your points. That's where my evidence comes in. Reread those posts--by all of us.

33 posted on 01/31/2006 7:22:54 PM PST by rzeznikj at stout (This is a darkroom. Keep the door closed or you'll let all the dark out...)
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