[wlug_org] Flavour of the month?

[Chris Hodgetts]

Wellington Linux Users Group?

Or did I suddenly get sent to the Wellington Microsoft Supporters Forum?

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 22:04, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> To support MS products, you have to know something about it.
> 
> I personally wouldn't pay $1200 for Office 2003 Pro because I can't afford
> that sort of money.
> 
> I know that some people hate MS, some people love them and lots of people
> sit on the fence in the middle. What position you choose to take is your own
> choice.
> 
> Personally speaking since I have to know MS products as part of my job, if
> MS wants to give me free software, I'll take it and not have to pay them any
> money for it. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Chris Hodgetts
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:55 PM
> To: Wlug Org
> Subject: RE: [wlug_org] Flavour of the month?
> 
> Yeah, but why do we care about that?
> 
> I have OpenOffice, and it does everything I have ever needed to do, why
> would I want to sell my first born to Microsoft & even if I was given
> their crap software, I would still use it for a coke can coaster.....
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 21:47, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> > Someone of us would like to live in a purely Linux world, but since MS
> rules
> > 99.99% of the business / corporate market, one has to move with the
> market.
> > :-(
> > 
> > Anyway, being a Microsoft Partner has perks and benefits.
> > 
> > 2x copies of Office 2003 Professional (got those at the latest MS Partners
> > briefing). Worth around $2400 when buying from a store (non-OEM). DSE
> quote
> > $1199 on their website.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz
> > [mailto:wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Jethro Carr
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:35 PM
> > To: WellyLUG-Org Mailing
> > Subject: RE: [wlug_org] Flavour of the month?
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 21:30, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> > 
> > > (direct flames to /dev/null).
> > 
> > Sure,
> > 
> > after these changes:
> > 
> > 
> > ln -s /dev/michael /dev/null
> > 
> > ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > -- Jethro
> > 
> > dodocaptain@paradise.net.nz
> > 
> > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc
> > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/cv.html
> > 
> > http://www.wellylug.org.nz
> > 
> > 
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