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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 13 November 2003, 3:44 PM)
Well, I use Open Source 'cos it's better.
Free BSD underpins OS-X.
I use OpenOffice, which even on X11 is so much more stable than Word on any Windows platform I've used. OpenOffice would be even better if it was LESS like MS Office, even so the user interface is better.
Gimp is really very good.
I can't wait for the OS-X native versions.
I even use Fire (An Open Source chat program) to chat via the MSN Messenger protocol, it's way more reliable than Messenger itself.
There will always be commercial software but Open Source is the future.
I prefer it for one reason. The developers tend to concentrate on making it work, rather than making it pretty, which is the one thing Microsoft should really learn.
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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
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What is this talk about "public domain" and "open... Anonymous
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Somebody tell Bradley Tipp that I convert all wind... Michael Geier
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Microsoft certainly can learn from Open Source, bu... Wynand Winterbach
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"We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Shane
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Gee, Mr. Tipp. I use open source software most oft... Anonymous
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[Quote] "We haven't talked to a single user who ha... Philip Brink
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I use Open Source software because it is better th... Shane Doucette
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I use open Source Software because it's better and... James Dehnert
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I tend to seperate the ideas of "Free Software" an... Won Kim
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In response to the claim that nobody says they're... David EIsner
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Of course there are good reasons why "Microsoft re... Rodd Clarkson
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"What is this talk about 'public domain' and 'open... Anonymous
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> One Microsoft employee even went so far as to sa... Walter Dnes
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"We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Michael Paddon
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Any chance I could get Tipp's number?
We ditched M... Anonymous
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I use open source software because it's much bette... Rodd Clarkson
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Microsoft's Tipp said: "We haven't talked to a sin... Dennis McClain-Furmanski
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No users mentioned that Open Source was better at... Anonymous
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learn, but give to it something instead. dmitry
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