All I know is it works fine on my WinXP laptop at home - I save out the files in ODT and DOC formats and XLS for spreadsheets - since I don't use heavy win call formulae, it has no diff from my end.
But I haven't tried the Mac version yet on my son's Mac Mini and we frequently dual-boot our Linux boxen into Windows (legit) to run Office, so haven't tested out the Linux version much.
People rarely talk about just how viral Office updates are. You save a doc in 2000 format, and suddenly 97 can no longer open it. Save it in 2003 and 2000 can't open it. And so on. A customer/vendor/friend sends you a doc file, and you can't open it. Time to upgrade!
That's one of the nice things about the free Open Source software in Open Office - you can open and save to all the formats.
Look, the reality is at most 10 percent of business even wants WinVista (remember WinMe?), and the consumer interest is even lower than that.
Most of the sales of Microsoft Office will probably be for people using MacOS - where Microsoft makes the highest return per unit sold - but here we'll only buy an Office upgrade if it runs on XP, as we have no interest in the video and speech aspects of WinVista - we're doing serious research, and the idea that someone can walk in to an office and have our computer do things by talking to it is just nuts.
That's how I would deal with a global bandwidth crisis.
Would it work? No. But here in the US, that's what we do when we have a crisis - we attack countries whose names start with the letter I.
And then we torture them to find out how they stole the high-speed out of our cable lines. Did they siphon it off and sell it to China? Don't know, but we may have to ship them to secret bandwidth camps, where we will play John Phillip Souza band music and force them to watch non-anorexic models from Southern states until they crack.
Why? You got a better idea? Then that means you're against US!
I am, I'm both. I'm a dual citizen of Canada and the US - and I even went on a tour of Australia and New Zealand back when I was a Canadian writer. Brought back Bill Gibson's Hugo Award, since he wasn't at Aussiecon.
The Playstation 2 is still available for sale, costs about $130 brand new, and if titles like Guitar Hero II are any indication, the console is far from dead yet.
Actually, my son picked up one on sale this past summer for $100 brand new. And Guitar Hero III is coming out for the Wii.
He's dead, Jim.
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So while you can find them in some stores, the PS3 must be doing something right if people are willing to pay $100 above retail to get them through Amazon.
Of course, Amazon ships to countries where they won't let you buy a PS3 at retail yet...
'd say that NONE of those matter. There is one, and only one, thing that is making the PS3 sales so low - the games. The only must-have game out right now is Resistance, and not everyone likes FPS games. Once they start getting some more games out, the sales will follow, regardless of price, regardless of online experience (which isn't bad considering it's free), etc.
Online for Wii is free too. But, yes, the actual games do matter - when I actually see a review for more than three PS3 games that aren't rated 2 or 3 stars out of 5 on G4TV, then I'll pay attention to the PS3 - and multi-console games don't count.
But right now they're all like the Gundam title - long on promise, short on execution. You can have all the (potential) fancy graphics in the world, but if it doesn't have soul and playability it won't pack them in.
Heck, even Guitar Hero's next version is going on the Wii - at this point it's not stopping the bleeding, it's if they can stop the bleeding.
Patent laws in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and other countries have not matched those in the US. You seem to have a very US-centric way of viewing things. Disney doesn't rule in China, just as an example, heck S Korea has denied Starbucks a trademark even.
I agree, but let's hope it's not just online play, but one where you can fight light saber and laser pistol duels with your friends, even split up into Dark and Light side Force battles...
Will has announced already that he'll be developing Spore for the Wii as well as a mini Spore for the Nintendo DS.
My son and I have talked to him about this at times - I'm the person who came up with all the energy sources - wind, solar, hydro, etc - for the later SimCity versions...
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It's called a Wii.
I use it for everything now.
Which makes it universal.
All I know is one works and the other tries to force you to "upgrade". MSFT calls the latter a feature, whereas I call the former a feature.
Ca va?
All I know is it works fine on my WinXP laptop at home - I save out the files in ODT and DOC formats and XLS for spreadsheets - since I don't use heavy win call formulae, it has no diff from my end.
But I haven't tried the Mac version yet on my son's Mac Mini and we frequently dual-boot our Linux boxen into Windows (legit) to run Office, so haven't tested out the Linux version much.
People rarely talk about just how viral Office updates are. You save a doc in 2000 format, and suddenly 97 can no longer open it. Save it in 2003 and 2000 can't open it. And so on. A customer/vendor/friend sends you a doc file, and you can't open it. Time to upgrade!
That's one of the nice things about the free Open Source software in Open Office - you can open and save to all the formats.
Look, the reality is at most 10 percent of business even wants WinVista (remember WinMe?), and the consumer interest is even lower than that.
Most of the sales of Microsoft Office will probably be for people using MacOS - where Microsoft makes the highest return per unit sold - but here we'll only buy an Office upgrade if it runs on XP, as we have no interest in the video and speech aspects of WinVista - we're doing serious research, and the idea that someone can walk in to an office and have our computer do things by talking to it is just nuts.
That's how I would deal with a global bandwidth crisis.
Would it work? No. But here in the US, that's what we do when we have a crisis - we attack countries whose names start with the letter I.
And then we torture them to find out how they stole the high-speed out of our cable lines. Did they siphon it off and sell it to China? Don't know, but we may have to ship them to secret bandwidth camps, where we will play John Phillip Souza band music and force them to watch non-anorexic models from Southern states until they crack.
Why? You got a better idea? Then that means you're against US!
Yeah, but it's easier to find tin foil.
ah, good point. sorry then.
Now the man no longer controls me.
If it's important enough to phone me, you better do it when I'm at work.
...is to get Rocket Jockey on the wii
Why? We already have Duck Hunt in July 2007.
uh huh. So, I'll just ignore my actual experience in Infantry and Engineering units while you whine.
I am, I'm both. I'm a dual citizen of Canada and the US - and I even went on a tour of Australia and New Zealand back when I was a Canadian writer. Brought back Bill Gibson's Hugo Award, since he wasn't at Aussiecon.
The Playstation 2 is still available for sale, costs about $130 brand new, and if titles like Guitar Hero II are any indication, the console is far from dead yet.
Actually, my son picked up one on sale this past summer for $100 brand new. And Guitar Hero III is coming out for the Wii.
He's dead, Jim.
So while you can find them in some stores, the PS3 must be doing something right if people are willing to pay $100 above retail to get them through Amazon.
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Of course, Amazon ships to countries where they won't let you buy a PS3 at retail yet
I'd rather enjoy a good game than chase women. I leave the relationship nightmares to those who enjoy that sort of thing.
Sorry, it's Valentine's day and I'm going out to the Crocodile with my cute colleague tonight - you were saying something?
You know how they said "Plastics" for Mrs. Robinson? I say "Chocolates".
'd say that NONE of those matter. There is one, and only one, thing that is making the PS3 sales so low - the games. The only must-have game out right now is Resistance, and not everyone likes FPS games. Once they start getting some more games out, the sales will follow, regardless of price, regardless of online experience (which isn't bad considering it's free), etc.
Online for Wii is free too. But, yes, the actual games do matter - when I actually see a review for more than three PS3 games that aren't rated 2 or 3 stars out of 5 on G4TV, then I'll pay attention to the PS3 - and multi-console games don't count.
But right now they're all like the Gundam title - long on promise, short on execution. You can have all the (potential) fancy graphics in the world, but if it doesn't have soul and playability it won't pack them in.
Heck, even Guitar Hero's next version is going on the Wii - at this point it's not stopping the bleeding, it's if they can stop the bleeding.
I'm sorry, but you're not cleared to know that.
I spent seven years in the Army, and was a Sergeant. Now go back to your video games.
After all, it was 24, and on that show, unlike my actual experience in real counter-terrorism ops, torture always works.
Sad how much much more we resemble the former Soviet Union every day.
Patent laws in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and other countries have not matched those in the US. You seem to have a very US-centric way of viewing things. Disney doesn't rule in China, just as an example, heck S Korea has denied Starbucks a trademark even.
Two firms, both on the decline, pushing tin nobody wants.
back when I was a college student in Canada. And still have first editions of many Canadian comix from the 80s that friends of mine published.
Remember when patents and copyrights only lasted a reasonable amount of time? I do.
I agree, but let's hope it's not just online play, but one where you can fight light saber and laser pistol duels with your friends, even split up into Dark and Light side Force battles ...
And breaking the wrist strap confinement of my everyday life as my Wii-mote hums with cascading force-field contained light energy ...
Will has announced already that he'll be developing Spore for the Wii as well as a mini Spore for the Nintendo DS.
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My son and I have talked to him about this at times - I'm the person who came up with all the energy sources - wind, solar, hydro, etc - for the later SimCity versions