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  From: Andrew Pullin <drewp@bigpond.com>
  To  : David Newall" <davidn@rebel.net.au>, "linuxsa <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:11:50 +1030

Re: Philosophy (Was: Corel have done it!)

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
To: linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Thursday, 18 November 1999 11:07
Subject: Philosophy (Was: Corel have done it!)


>> I've just downloaded and installed Corel Linux.
>
>Philosophical ramble follows.  Don't expect it to have any
point.
>
>I admire Corel.  They are being genuinely nice people.
They clearly
>support the Linux movement through their own distribution,
and through
>support of WINE, and by making their products available on
Linux.  I
>suspect that their prime motivation is purely commercial.
They own
>WordPerfect, which once was the dominant word processor but
is now far, far
>second fiddle to Microsoft Word.  Word is clearly the
better program (in my
>highly experienced opinion), and anyway they can't knock
Microsoft out of
>first place on Microsoft's own operating system, so it is
in their best
>interest to try to foster a competing platform.  If that
platform wins a
>sizeable market share from MS, and if their applications
are available on
>day one, so to speak, they will do very nicely.
>
>It's a shame that the program is so awful.  I wanted to buy
it, I really
>did, because I want to support a serious competitor to
Microsoft.  I forced
>myself to use WP8 for more than long enough, and it just
got worse and
>worse.  It was a terrible experience for me.  Please,
please Corel, ditch
>WP8 and start again.
>
>While I'm about it, I admire Sun.  They are being genuinely
nice people,
>too.  They have always supported the unix community, in
fact I think MS
>think that Sun is the enemy.  The enemy of my enemy is my
friend.  Sun! my
>friend!  And they bought Star Office and are now giving it
away!  And on
>Windows, too!  Whoohoo, way to go.  It probably sounds the
death knell for
>WP, although Star Office is S--L--O--W.  I think they have
actually out
>Microsofted Microsoft in the big binary stakes.  I can't
decide between
>Applixware, which sadly comes with no trial version, and
TeX.  Maybe I
>should just write in raw PostScript.
>
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