Um.. how would one expect to play PSO without a modem or ethernet connection?
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What they should do, to keep everyone happy, is make the extra functionality optional. So the 486ers can get the latest stuff, but have it more of a KDE lite, so they pick and choose exactly what they want.. Of course, some things couldn't be optional, but what can be, should be.
I can't really speak from experience, only from what I've heard from friends and co-workers, but there can be a benefit of publisher/developer support vs. 3rd party support.
If you have a problem that the support people can't figure out, there's always the possibility that they can contact one of the developers directly, thus getting results. (Either a patch or a workaround somehow) Now, I know that this same thing is possible with Open Source, but if the company doesn't have their own developers, then you have to wait for one of the developers to fix the problem. (If you [i.e. the company] can't fix it yourself, then you probably wouldn't be calling tech support])
It's nice to have things free, but sometimes you need things *now*. Of course, if the developing company doesn't do that sort of thing for you, then they're certianly not worth the extra money. (Unless they are much faster/more stable, which I doubt.)
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Um.. how would one expect to play PSO without a modem or ethernet connection?
What they should do, to keep everyone happy, is make the extra functionality optional. So the 486ers can get the latest stuff, but have it more of a KDE lite, so they pick and choose exactly what they want.. Of course, some things couldn't be optional, but what can be, should be.
I can't really speak from experience, only from what I've heard from friends and co-workers, but there can be a benefit of publisher/developer support vs. 3rd party support.
If you have a problem that the support people can't figure out, there's always the possibility that they can contact one of the developers directly, thus getting results. (Either a patch or a workaround somehow) Now, I know that this same thing is possible with Open Source, but if the company doesn't have their own developers, then you have to wait for one of the developers to fix the problem. (If you [i.e. the company] can't fix it yourself, then you probably wouldn't be calling tech support])
It's nice to have things free, but sometimes you need things *now*. Of course, if the developing company doesn't do that sort of thing for you, then they're certianly not worth the extra money. (Unless they are much faster/more stable, which I doubt.)