[LUAU] Linux apps getting more expensive?

[Eric Hagen]

OK. MNHO, I use nedit for text work, perl, plain text, or whatever works
out very well.

For that "pro" look and suit work, StarOffice 5 works great.

Of all things, I can think of little that linux is now lacking in the
quick and dirty field, and personally I like it that way.  The other side
of the coin is companies that will make you pay, but stand behind their
product.  You really can not have both your cake and eat it too.

Eric Hagen                  "Sometimes we get lost in the darkness, 
ehagen at Hawaii.Edu	     the dreamers learn to steer by the stars..."
			    "You fight for something because it is good.
	 				Not because it stands to succeed."

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Chris Wong wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, David and Max wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering if new Linux applications would be getting more expensive
> > coz some companies such as Corel and ObjectShare are releasing COMMERCIAL
> > products that can't be downloaded for FREE.  It's good to have more
> > excellent linux software like Wordperfect from Corel, but would these kinds
> > of "non-free" software lead the linux community to a point that no more
> > FREE software will be avaliable to users eventually?  Any thought or opinion?
> 
> Oooh dear, I smell a flame war. Keep it decent folks. Now for my $0.02.
> 
> Yes, software has been becoming more expensive... I see a movement towards
> the DOS/Windows mode of operations. But even DOS/Windows had Shareware...
> and the need for a good, free, wordprocessor will eventually win out.
> 
> There are "free" Wordprocessors in development now. Koffice, Maxwell?, a
> few others that don't come to mind. No, they aren't as good as
> Wordperfect, but they are decent.
> 
> And sometimes free products outdoes non-free ones. I personally like
> Emacs, and nothing... no IDE... be it Codewarrior, Borland C, Visual
> Basic, comes NEAR to the convience it gives me.
> 
> We are in a moment of transition, Linux is the new darling of the IT
> industry and only time will tell what will happen. But the kernel will
> always be free, and there will always be free apps... always an itch to
> scratch so to speak.
> 
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