quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:What I am trying to say is that may have been true in the past but it will not be true in the future. People are willing to pay a "fair" price for "good" software. The flood gates are bulging and are about to burst. M$ will go down quickly and most vendors will be able to port quickly as the big ones have already discussed this and have been strategizing. They will not have a choice if they want to stay in business. And I have worked with many companies who are absolutely ready to jump ship off the SS M$ at a moments notice. Many are already doing it.And what you also do not understand is the fact that vendors do not have to release their Linux applications under GPL or open source. That's not a stopper at all. Look at Sybase, look at Oracle, look at all of the other established vendors who have already ported and not GPLed their code, or released it. No one in the Linux world is screaming for Oracle source code (that I have heard).[ April 26, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality:why the hell did you edit my post??????!!!!!!!!!!!![ April 25, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]
quote:Originally posted by Calum:zombie18213813512 continues to claim that other people are arguing when the only antagonist is he himself. He constantly claims people on these forums are being childish when the truth is that he has attempted time after time to turn what was a simple invitation to go and visit MacMan's site into one of his puerile rants.He won't believe this of course since, like his Christian doctrines, his political and personal beliefs allow him to have a predefined answer for everything. It is amusing to see him decry the qualities in others (which they ironically do not truly exhibit) that he despises in himself, closedmindedness being the most obvious.Any sane individual reading these posts can draw their own conclusions, after a while though, the repetitive mudslinging gets boring, and i expect that this is actually zombie28314531531;s true motive. To make the forums so boring that nobody reads them.Pa The Tic.
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:No, I still have another hour and 45 minutes left till my g/f gets home. I refuse to go to bed till I have someone to cuddle with. ;P[ April 25, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]