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   JEDIDIAH to acdc@sti.net   
   Re: Why Free Software Is Handicapped On    
   02 Jan 11 10:24:36   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2011-01-01, amicus_curious  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Snit"  wrote in message   
   > news:C94293D4.88671%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com...   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Hadron theorized that the difference was corporate support... though there   
   >> clearly has been corporate support for OO, so that is not the full answer.   
   >>   
   > Think about this:   
   >   
   > 1.  MS Office and Windows have dominated the corporate market for nearly 20   
   > years now.  Whether successful or not, that is what everyone is using.   
      
      No. Not everyone's using it.   
      
      However, fear mongering like this will ensure that Microsoft continues   
   to sell copies of office that it does not deserve to.   
      
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   ...as if the ability to run Cubase ever made or broke a platform.   
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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