The Judge stated (paraphrasing) "Microsoft is a monopoly." Therefor, the Judge cannot say "Linux is a competitive (or, non-fringe) operating system." End of story.
I have similar misgivings. It would be a great way for Corel to generate revenue AND push WordPerfect (which is what they've been struggling to do for years...) It appears they may be riding the tiger purely for their own commercial interests, which is what businesses, in general, do, but we all know Linux is supposed to be different. What can Corel give back to the community? Open source some programs? CorelDraw, perhaps? I get a queasy feeling about Corel in general. We'll see. I'm dismayed that the packaged version will be over $50. That's my current limit to pay for a Linux boxed distro (Sorry, Red Hat). You've got to draw a line somehwere for a "free" OS. Can you see the day when prices begin inching up into the hundreds for all the extra "added value" [read: profits for the distributor]. We shall see...
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The Judge stated (paraphrasing) "Microsoft is a monopoly." Therefor, the Judge cannot say "Linux is a competitive (or, non-fringe) operating system." End of story.
I have similar misgivings. It would be a great way for Corel to generate revenue AND push WordPerfect (which is what they've been struggling to do for years...) It appears they may be riding the tiger purely for their own commercial interests, which is what businesses, in general, do, but we all know Linux is supposed to be different. What can Corel give back to the community? Open source some programs? CorelDraw, perhaps? I get a queasy feeling about Corel in general. We'll see. I'm dismayed that the packaged version will be over $50. That's my current limit to pay for a Linux boxed distro (Sorry, Red Hat). You've got to draw a line somehwere for a "free" OS. Can you see the day when prices begin inching up into the hundreds for all the extra "added value" [read: profits for the distributor]. We shall see...