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Re: Linux is free. Yet 99 percent of computer users avoid it. Why?

From	Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux is free. Yet 99 percent of computer users avoid it. Why?
Date	2015-04-03 22:18 +0200
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> On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:16:04 -0400, Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> Is "Office" Microsoft Office?  What version?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, XP version.
>>>>
>>>> Jesus Christ, you never thought to upgrade?
>>>
>>> That's the whole point.  An OS upgrade shouldn't require you to buy
>>> all new apps.   That's bullshit and I wasn't going to stand for it.
>>
>>Whether you like it or not, even versions of Linux apps from the same
>>amount of time ago don't work in current Linux versions. The software is
>>free and you are therefore allowed to upgrade ad nauseum, but in the
>>world of commercial software, it is expected and normal that new
>>releases would come out and that they would sustain themselves by
>>selling new versions of their product.
> 
> Sorry, I just couldn't continue to drink the Microsoft KoolAid.   They
> could make it so older apps ran, and not intentionally sabotage them.

Well, they did. Until WinXP at least. Many of windows problems have their 
roots in the fact that they provided too much backwards compatibilty and 
they could not resolve their most glaring design errors. Which are still 
present, btw
Apple made the opposite move, they brake compatibilty with several APIs with 
every new OS release. Which is also just plain stupid

> If they wanted to sell new apps they need to increase their worth to
> make people WANT to buy them.

difficult at best

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