It would seem, Mal, that not all are unable to read files in alternative
formats.
The underlying OS adds virtually no cost to the PC'S I use, I run
similar applications across a number of machines. Each time I build
another PC I install an OS and a range of applications with a choice of
window managers and desktops. Updating and upgrading is readily
available and it's all free. In retirement and with limited funds, this
is an important consideration. Often there is a distribution of Linux
that will breath new life into an old, slow, limited resource PC that
might otherwise end up as junk
Just as you have your oft-stated idiosyncratic views, so do I. A couple
of my machines DO also run flavours of Windows as an easy way to run
some older legacy software and for mainly historic and nostalgic reasons
I still have DOS and 5.25ins floppy capability.
On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 16:13 +0000, mal hamilton wrote:
> What does that mean in plain english ?
> You seem to speak in Riddles or some foreign garble and send files that
> noone can read
>
> g3kev
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pat" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 4:05 PM
> Subject: LF: Open Sauce
>
>
> > Hmmmmm!
> >
> > Well, you don't introduce the advantages of a modern technology to the
> > millions in developing countries and in poor neighbourhoods around the
> > world by by making zillions out of the sale of operating systems when
> > there are "free" (as in no or low cost) alternatives. Screw onto that
> > foundation multiple repositories of "free" (as in...etc) applications
> > across the whole gamut of business, science, education
> > etc. ...............!
> >
> > But, as I said, the meal does not suit all the diners.
> > --
> > 73 es gd dx de Pat G4GVW, Nr Felixstowe, East Coast, UK
> >
> >
>
>
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73 es gd dx de Pat G4GVW, Nr Felixstowe, East Coast, UK
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