Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 11:24:53 11/13/02
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On November 13, 2002 at 09:20:51, Roy Brunjes wrote: >On November 13, 2002 at 00:13:47, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>On November 12, 2002 at 22:26:54, Rex wrote: >> >>>These two chess servers are very popular and cant understand why ChessBase wont >>>implement compatibility with these internet chess servers. >>> >>>Sure one can install "auto play" second hand drivers to make it work but there >>>are limitations to this. >> >>I think we'll see Microsoft Office for Linux before we'll see implemented >>ChessBase GUI support for ICC/FICS/Chess.net. When "features" for increased >>customer satisfaction encroach upon the monopolistic business strategy of an >>enterprise, they are deliberately forgone. >> >>Or maybe I am wrong and no one actually thought of the idea... :) >> >>-elc. > >Technically, M$Office already runs on Linux -- via a product called CrossOver >Office. Visit www.codeweavers.com for more info. > >Personally, I like the idea of not having to pay M$oft at all for an office >suite and think that OpenOffice offers a reasonable (but not perfect) >alternative for very little money (free). > >M$soft may decide in the end that porting their office suite to Linux makes >sense ... we will just have to wait and see. > I'll have to look into that -- though I prefer Star anyway... :) -elc.
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