[Hudlug] Elvis Costello! I spit on the floor!

[Les Burns]

On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 14:33, Andy Macdonald wrote:
> A while ago I asked Macromedia why they didn't do a Linux version of their web
> authoring tools and they said not enough people would buy it 

Sorry I don't understand the relevance of the first statement to the
following one (I do have severe cold and I'm poor form so it could well
be my own stupidity)

... users in my
> kind of environment (any real work environment?) want (somewhat) user friendly
> software to do the job with a minimum of input from them. Perhaps Open Source
> can not provide this??

Why not? I know what your saying tho- Mozilla is awfully hard to get
your head around and that kde desktop is a nightmare.
I think, open source (due to its open nature) offers far more
configurable options than closed source. This is a great thing, but it
often gets presented as increased complexity rather than flexibility.
Ultimately, you will use the aspects of software that you need.

> 
> On Thu, 26 Sep, Chris Lindley  wrote:
> {snip}
> 
> > Look at Loki.  Sold/ported lots of Linux games.  All gone now!
> > 
> > It's funny, although when I used OS/2 as my main OS, I bought loads of
> > software.  I used to like the nice line it all made when stacked on a
> > shelf:-)  I don't think that I've ever bought a piece of Linux
> > software.  Perhaps it's to do with my lack of money at this time or
> > perhaps I can get anything I need as free software.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Chris
> 
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