They added the DRM to their product because they got greedy, pure and simple. It wasn't a way to improve their product or their service, it was a way to improve their bottom line.
Now that their bottom line has been affected, they're apologizing. I don't consider that "listening to their customers", I consider it "panic".
They thought they could get away with screwing their customer base; they were wrong. Don't reward them for backtracking over something they never should have done in the first place.
Enough with the startup time complaints!
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This seems to be the single most commonly voiced criticism of Open/Star Office. How often do you really need to open your wp or ss during the day? I've been using OpenOffice every day at work this year, and here's how I get around this "problem":
Fire it up at the beginning of the day.
Work.
Shut it down at the end of the day.
And if you're the type who leaves the computer on overnight, you don't even have to re-open it the next day. Let's get real, folks.
Here's the beginning of SCO's self-description, clipped from one of their latest press releases:
About The SCO Group
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions.
And here's a quote from Darl's latest interview:
The Canopy Group [of Utah] is an investment company. Those are just ignorant statements about SCO's business. Hundreds of customers like and use SCO's Unix products. (Emphasis mine)
Hmmmm! At this rate they'll fade away in a couple of weeks or so.
They tried to be cool by cashing in on the whole Matrix thing, but their acronym is really M.A.T.I.E, which fits in better with Pirates of the Caribbean.
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They added the DRM to their product because they got greedy, pure and simple. It wasn't a way to improve their product or their service, it was a way to improve their bottom line.
Now that their bottom line has been affected, they're apologizing. I don't consider that "listening to their customers", I consider it "panic".
They thought they could get away with screwing their customer base; they were wrong. Don't reward them for backtracking over something they never should have done in the first place.
- Fire it up at the beginning of the day.
- Work.
- Shut it down at the end of the day.
And if you're the type who leaves the computer on overnight, you don't even have to re-open it the next day. Let's get real, folks.They tried to be cool by cashing in on the whole Matrix thing, but their acronym is really M.A.T.I.E, which fits in better with Pirates of the Caribbean.
Aaaarrrrr....
Quit... Right now... While you still have some tiny speck of self-respect... Stop what you're doing and quit... Now...
Do you call them when you find what you think is a bug?
Cripes, if I did that I'd be on the phone with them 24/7!