Star Office 7

[Joel Hammer]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 08:01:31AM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> Only negative experience.  Since I get really good results with OpenOffice, I
> would never pay even $.02 for Star Office.  You, on the other hand, may find
> some particular feature that makes the departure from open software worthwhile.

I have come to the conclusion that my time is worth something. I am now
57, and have only about 5 to 10 years before I get too old to bother
much with computers. So, saving time is becoming more important than
politics. I am also of the opinion, at least for now, that the open source
movement just will not be able to deliver the ease of use of commerical
software. What volunteer programmer is going to knock himself out for
hours so some lazy non-paying user can have a trouble free software
experience? Too often, open source means take it or leave it, blemishes
included. I have gotten tired of that. I tip generously at restaurants
for good service, so I can't see why I shouldn't pay someone who writes
software which saves my time. And, certainly, $30 bucks for a competent
suite like Star Office is a bargain. I feel good about supporting both
Sun and Lindows, too.

Joel