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On Thu, 13 May 2010 20:29:04 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
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> 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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