Re: Price gouging is beneficial. Price gouging is great!

"Alberto Moreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Said  "Circe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
> >Perhaps <g>! However, I wouldn't pay a penny for most of Microsoft's
> >software if I had a choice in the matter, so by my estimation, they're
> >definitely gouging me!
>
> You have the choice of using Linux or Solaris, in either case you'll
> be well served.
>
In theory, yes. In practice, I must produce work that is in MS Word or MS
PowerPoint format. Perhaps things have changed, but in the past, I have not
found it particularly easy or smooth to produce work on one platform and
deliver it on another. The results are, frankly, uncertain.
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