Star Office 7

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 20:00 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
> 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

Well gee...  I guess at 65 and having bought from Sun, I feel 2.66666666  
times better than you do...   :-)



-- 
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         11/04/03 
20:11  +
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
"Friends: People who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them."