Linux Replacements for Your Favorite Windows Apps

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Mike Hall - MVP

Alias said:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143396/article.html

Enjoy.

Alias

http://www.ubuntu.com/
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Did you read through that? Did you notice phrases like 'nearly matches',
'harder to learn', 'not quite as slick', and 'requires some sleight of
hand'?

Probably not, eh..

Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?

Probably not, eh..

Do you go into Mac forums and bludgeon the people there with info on open
source programs you don't or never have used?

Probably not, eh..

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K

kurttrail

Mike said:
Did you read through that? Did you notice phrases like 'nearly matches',
'harder to learn', 'not quite as slick', and 'requires some sleight of
hand'?

Probably not, eh..
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What 2 software packages from different developers work exactly the same
even in Windows only apps? None.
Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?

Probably not, eh..
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Says who, Mike? I like to see some documentation from openoffice.org on
that.
Do you go into Mac forums and bludgeon the people there with info on
open source programs you don't or never have used?

Probably not, eh..
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I know that Alias owns a copy of Vista, but I didn't know he owns a copy
of OSX.

Alias posted a link to an article. Is that bludgeoning?

"Probably not, eh.."

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Frank

Alias, the known idiot moron lying linux troll wrote:

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Yeah...right...and we'll believe that line of crap just as soon as you
stop lying, trolling and start believing in God...LOL!
Frank
 
K

kurttrail

Frank said:
Alias, the known idiot moron lying linux troll wrote:

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Yeah...right...and we'll believe that line of crap just as soon as you
stop lying, trolling and start believing in God...LOL! Frank
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Thanks for admitting that you are so closed minded, Frank.

Admitting your faults, is the first step in overcoming them.

Congratulations!

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Alias

Mike said:
Did you read through that? Did you notice phrases like 'nearly matches',
'harder to learn', 'not quite as slick', and 'requires some sleight of
hand'?
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Yes, I read that. All my needs, and those of most computer users, is met
with Ubuntu.
Probably not, eh..

Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?
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No, got proof?
Probably not, eh..
Well?


Do you go into Mac forums and bludgeon the people there with info on
open source programs you don't or never have used?

Probably not, eh..
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No, why should I?

Alias
 
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Alias

Frank said:
Alias, the known idiot moron lying linux troll wrote:

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Yeah...right...and we'll believe that line of crap just as soon as you
stop lying, trolling and start believing in God...LOL!
Frank
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Frank the Wank checks in with his usual garbage.

Alias
 
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Alias

Mike said:
Did you know that Open Office will not be free for much longer?

Probably not, eh..
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From Open Office's web site:

"and it's free
Best of all, OpenOffice.org 2 can be downloaded and used entirely free
of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 2 is released under the LGPL
licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic,
commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as
many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to
family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like."

Oops.

Alias
 
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Alias

Frank said:
What's wrong sheep-fukker? Can't deal with the truth, huh?
Figures!
Frank
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And then spews even more garbage. I guess I should call you Frank the
Wank Garbage Man.

Alias
 
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Alias

Stephan said:
However Alias, the GLP and LGPL do not prevent someone for charging for a
product. Hence why the whole play on the word "free" is so confusing.

Something that's L/GPL licensed does not mean it doesn't cost money. It
only means that you get full access to the source code and then can do
with it whatever you like. It does not mean that you don't have to pay to
get to it. Also, nothing is preventing dual licensing on open office.

One prime example is cross platform library I use, Qt. It is probably
best known as the library used to develop KDE applications and is GPL
licensed. However, it is also released under a commercial license for
which I pay about 2,000 usd a year as that's the license I need to use it
for any commercial non-open source development with it. Also contains a
few additional features not present in the open source version.

However, unless I see an official statement about open office starting to
cost money from a reputable source I'm not going to believe it.
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It says it's free and can be copied, shared, etc.

Alias
 
K

kurttrail

Alias said:
And then spews even more garbage. I guess I should call you Frank the
Wank Garbage Man.

Alias
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Actually Alias, would you please stop insulting wankers and garbage men
by comparing them to Frank. :)

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Bill Yanaire

Alias said:
It says it's free and can be copied, shared, etc.

Alias
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Of course it's free. It isn't worth anything. Takes the user experience
back about 10 years. Who would want to pay for that?
 
K

kurttrail

Bill said:
Of course it's free. It isn't worth anything. Takes the user
experience back about 10 years. Who would want to pay for that?
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A lot of people that can't stand the bloody ribbon in MSO07.

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