Author: Christopher R. Dorr
Date: 07:49:58 08/29/01
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While not per se related to chess software, I am an IT manager, and would be happy to give you many important and good reasons why IT Managers chose commercial suites rather than Star Office. If you are really interested, please e-mail me, and I'll be happy to reply :) Cheers, Chris On August 29, 2001 at 06:37:45, Graham Laight wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 05:06:21, Derrick Daniels wrote: > >>On August 29, 2001 at 03:54:30, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 29, 2001 at 03:34:11, Sergei Smith wrote: >>> >>>>I see Ferret got good results during the championship. >>>>Is Ferret the new name of an old program like Quest is the new name of Fritz ? >>>>If Ferret is a new program, where is can you download it or order the CD ? >>> >>>Ferret is a known program and you cannot download it. >>>There is no CD for Ferret and it is not commercial program >>> >>>You can send an email to bruce moreland and tell him how much money >>>you agree to pay for ferret. >>> >>>It is clear that 100$ is not enough for you to get it(otherwise >>>it could be commercial) but I guess that >>>10,000,000$ is more than enough so it is only >>>a question of money and only bruce can tell you the price. >>> >>>There is no public price for Ferret and bruce does not need to make >>>the minimal price public. >>> >>>He may lose from doing the minimal price public. >>>For example if the minimal price is 1,000,000$ and somebody suggests >>>2,000,000$ then it means that he is going to lose 1,000,000$. >>> >>>I guess that nobody is going to ask bruce to buy Ferret >>>for these prices but I may be wrong and one person >>>who is very rich may be enough to prove that my guess is wrong. >>> >>>Uri >> >> >> You are joking right? Why would anyone pay that kind of money for a program, >>which is beneath the top five commericial programs? Just charity to Mr. Moreland >>perhaps? > >Never underestimate the ability of people with money to be thick and stupid. > >Big companies pay Microsoft millions for the right to use MS Office, when Sun's >"Star Office", which is just as useful for 99% of employees, is free. > >I've yet to read an intelligent explanation for this, other than "Money turns >minds into mush". > >-g
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