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6 Aug 2024 19:35:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Commercial Povray  
From: Ben Chambers
Date: 21 Mar 2002 16:04:07
Message: <3c9a4ac7@news.povray.org>
"Florian Pesth" <fpe### [at] webde> wrote in message
news:3c99f016@news.povray.org...
> > Linux & associated apps are free, yet it has less than 1% of the desktop
> > market. Why?

> until now... Wait for koffice (still in an early stage, I know) or the
gnome
> equivalents. When such applications become an alternative to MS Office
(and
> when they are able to handle MS documents like there own) there should be
no
> reason for most companys not to use OS software.

Which OS?  Linux?  Well, most people I know would not use it even if it
~could~ read Office documents, they would still say "But it's not
compatible!"

> And they will, because
> support for OS software is much better, there is faster reaction on
problems
> and new standards can be established without the limitations beeing forced
> to one company. Just wait and see, how OS will develope...

Again, which OS?

> Florian

...Chambers

PS Anyone know how to set followups in OE?


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