Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:33:59 08/29/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 10:49:58, Christopher R. Dorr wrote: >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 > Isn't "Star Office" commercial now? I have a CD distributed by Sun Microsystems with the latest version on it. Sun seems to be supporting it in any case... > >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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