On Thu, 13 May 2010 20:29:04 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
> If you want to use Apple software, you must buy Apple hardware.

The vast majority of computer users buy the hardware and OS in a combined  
package anyway.



> Last time I checked, it's very pricey

Debatable, and even if we assume it is true, many people seem willing to  
cough up the extra cash for what they consider a superior product.



> and available in only a handful of configurations, which usually can't  
> be upgraded in any way.

The vast majority of computer users never upgrade their computers; they  
buy new ones.



> There's no *technical* reason, however, why somebody can't go out and  
> implement an alternative office suite. (Apart perhaps from file  
> compatibilty.) Yet nobody has done this.

A long list of nobodies:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_suite



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FE

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