Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> There's no *technical* reason, however, why somebody can't go out and 
> implement an alternative office suite. 

Yes, there is.  It's called "money".  And "time". And "research".

 > If you want to use Apple software, you must buy Apple hardware.

And *that* is exactly the invention that made Microsoft rich, right after 
Digital Research showed them how to do it.  Write the OS that isn't bound to 
a specific hardware configuration. Let everyone else pay the price to build 
the hardware, while you pay only the price to design the software.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
    you literally shooting yourself in the foot.

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