Not inherently useful. Cool for playing well with others, but that's not my concern.
9. If M$ changes their file formats and SO supports them.
Again, not inherently useful. At this point in time, I don't need to play with others. All documents I create are either printed, or are "dumbed down" to txt, rtf, or html for consumption by others.
8. Ability to change interface to your preference of platform style.
Could you elaborate on that - I'm not sure exactly what you mean.
7. Uses less disk space than M$ Office.
Cool, but not compelling.
6. Free! Free! Fat Free! (Sorry, saw that on a Spanish freeware program once. Guy apparently didn't know English.)
Already own a copy of Office97. It's "free" for me to continue using it.
5. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOSX, etec.
This is cool, but not enough to make me switch on my primary computer. Soon my linux box will be back up and running, and I will try SO/OO on it.
4. Smaller files due to built in compression.
Cool but not compelling.
3. No more upgrade costs.
True, but also no upgrade costs if I'm not upgrading at all, which is what has happened. Still running Office 97.
2. No stupid licensing/registration program that trys to shut off your computer.
Office 97 doesn't do that. It will probably keep me from moving to XP though.
And the number one reason to choose StarOffice:
1. Fight the evil empire!!!
Continuing to use an old product that I've already paid for doesn't support MS any more or less than using a free office suite.
Dick Cummings - a now retired teacher from my high school days. And rumor has it that he was once in the navy, meaning that there was once a Seaman (ahem!) Dick Cummings.
The strangest thing is, I don't think his name was Richard... I'm not sure where he got the nickname Dick.
If there were ever to be a killer app for linux, it would be nice to have an anti-MS clause in an almost-completely-free license.
Something like "... with the exception of the development of a Windows-compatible version of this software or any of its components, use this software is free... "
When I interned at a govt office, there was a guy trying really hard to get citizenship. (Here on a work visa). However, he had done something retarded to violate the law. Previous to a change in the statute, this would only have prevented him from applying for citizenship for a period of time, like 10 years or so. He committed his infraction before the change in law, but unfortunately, they changed the law before his penalty period was up, so now he can never become a US citizen (short of a relaxation of immigration laws... something that's not likely to happen any time soon,... 9/11/01)
Most CDs today are playable in CD-ROM drives and consumers expect this type of compatability.
Amen to that.
The fact that CD player software has been included with ever OS since CDrom drives became popular is evidence that it has been an accepted practice to play music CDs on computers.
One of my chem teachers in high school read the class some info on DHMO on the first day of class and initiated discussion, just to prove a point. I thought about the whole DHMO thing for half a second and realized what a hyper-biatch she was being, and how much she was wasting my time with that garbage.
Everybody in the class was in either in total shock (80%) or felt like a loser (20%) when I said, "uh.. isn't that water?".
And a century ago, what was the average life span? 35? 40? Now it's what, 70? 80? One reason we're living longer now is because the general public has been made aware of what is "bad" for your body.
Actually, even back in the bad-old-days, there were a few old buggers who lived to be 100 or so. It's just that they were lucky enough to avoid a ton of crap that happened to people back then a lot more frequently than now. (Random infant mortality, job related risks, war...) The body seems to wear out after 100-ish years, even if it has been treated as nicely as possible.
Why can't we have one scifi show or movie that shows modified people in a good light.
On DS9, the doctor was revealed to be genetically enhanced, though it was done illegally.
Except for the/. effect (wow it says 404, just like a lot of other links on/. !!), I'm not sure how this was moderated redundant... wtf??? (Yes, I checked the link. It worked when I submitted.)
Seriously though, wouldn't bleem (playstation on Windows) make the perfect addition to an emu box???
Nobody in the financial sector cares about innovation just for the sake of innovation. The floppy disk manufacturers are probably in a much healthier situation than a lot of hard disk makers. Why spend zillions of dollars in R&D to make a product that (with some luck) will be slightly better or cheaper than those of your 40 competitors.
Also, the comparison is not quite valid. He's comparing a standardized removable medium with a fixed medium. One is a docking bay for standardized cars, and the other is a magic box that you put things in. Who would you rather be? The company that sells approx 1/3 of all floppy disks, or quantum... oh wait... they don't sell hard drives anymore.
Why the heck should I be bothered to memorize a bunch of stupid polyatomic ions for a stupid high school chem class??? I ended up with an A in chemistry , so I obviously knew what to do with them when I saw them.
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10. Open XML formats.
Not inherently useful. Cool for playing well with others, but that's not my concern.
9. If M$ changes their file formats and SO supports them.
Again, not inherently useful. At this point in time, I don't need to play with others. All documents I create are either printed, or are "dumbed down" to txt, rtf, or html for consumption by others.
8. Ability to change interface to your preference of platform style.
Could you elaborate on that - I'm not sure exactly what you mean.
7. Uses less disk space than M$ Office.
Cool, but not compelling.
6. Free! Free! Fat Free! (Sorry, saw that on a Spanish freeware program once. Guy apparently didn't know English.)
Already own a copy of Office97. It's "free" for me to continue using it.
5. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOSX, etec.
This is cool, but not enough to make me switch on my primary computer. Soon my linux box will be back up and running, and I will try SO/OO on it.
4. Smaller files due to built in compression.
Cool but not compelling.
3. No more upgrade costs.
True, but also no upgrade costs if I'm not upgrading at all, which is what has happened. Still running Office 97.
2. No stupid licensing/registration program that trys to shut off your computer.
Office 97 doesn't do that. It will probably keep me from moving to XP though.
And the number one reason to choose StarOffice:
1. Fight the evil empire!!!
Continuing to use an old product that I've already paid for doesn't support MS any more or less than using a free office suite.
Are there any compelling reasons to upgrade/sidestep to OO/SO?
Dick Cummings - a now retired teacher from my high school days. And rumor has it that he was once in the navy, meaning that there was once a Seaman (ahem!) Dick Cummings.
The strangest thing is, I don't think his name was Richard... I'm not sure where he got the nickname Dick.
shame on you for feeding a troll.
Additionally, students at UR pursuing engineering degrees only have to satisfy one "cluster" requirement rather than the usual two.
Something like "... with the exception of the development of a Windows-compatible version of this software or any of its components, use this software is free... "
When I interned at a govt office, there was a guy trying really hard to get citizenship. (Here on a work visa). However, he had done something retarded to violate the law. Previous to a change in the statute, this would only have prevented him from applying for citizenship for a period of time, like 10 years or so. He committed his infraction before the change in law, but unfortunately, they changed the law before his penalty period was up, so now he can never become a US citizen (short of a relaxation of immigration laws... something that's not likely to happen any time soon, ... 9/11/01)
It's still stupid though.
Amen to that.
The fact that CD player software has been included with ever OS since CDrom drives became popular is evidence that it has been an accepted practice to play music CDs on computers.
Everybody in the class was in either in total shock (80%) or felt like a loser (20%) when I said, "uh.. isn't that water?".
Actually, even back in the bad-old-days, there were a few old buggers who lived to be 100 or so. It's just that they were lucky enough to avoid a ton of crap that happened to people back then a lot more frequently than now. (Random infant mortality, job related risks, war...) The body seems to wear out after 100-ish years, even if it has been treated as nicely as possible.
Why can't we have one scifi show or movie that shows modified people in a good light. On DS9, the doctor was revealed to be genetically enhanced, though it was done illegally.
-Invisible
-Invisible TO USER
-"Away" and "NA" status WITHOUT showing "idle time".
(HP... Holy Poop....? eh, forget it...)
Except for the /. effect (wow it says 404, just like a lot of other links on /. !!), I'm not sure how this was moderated redundant... wtf??? (Yes, I checked the link. It worked when I submitted.)
Seriously though, wouldn't bleem (playstation on Windows) make the perfect addition to an emu box???
see subject. http://www.bleem.com
Also, the comparison is not quite valid. He's comparing a standardized removable medium with a fixed medium. One is a docking bay for standardized cars, and the other is a magic box that you put things in. Who would you rather be? The company that sells approx 1/3 of all floppy disks, or quantum... oh wait... they don't sell hard drives anymore.
My P166 with ample RAM and disk space didn't like Netscape 6 or Mozilla at all.
And if I'm not mistaken, the minimum spec for WinME is a P150. (ouch). For the friggin' OS!
I'd hate to think that the OS and web browsers are too much for that system.
But yes, IE (for most pages) and Office ran just fine on Win95.
How about P-100 NT4 Workstations... running SPSS regressions...
Why the heck should I be bothered to memorize a bunch of stupid polyatomic ions for a stupid high school chem class??? I ended up with an A in chemistry , so I obviously knew what to do with them when I saw them.
God bless the TI-82.
Kids in school will be forced to watch the "Napster Madness" educational film.
<duck voice>
Just roll them around...
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