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I can't see the option buttons so I can't vote
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Time for some glasses?
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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Too bad I already wear one.
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I'm a bigger fan of free/open source software.
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I agree, +5!
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog> .
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Message Removed
modified 13-Mar-13 16:49pm.
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so much hype in open source
dev
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Office etc you need to buy and buy again when you need additional features
But I don't want those "features". The Office 2003 I have still does what I want.
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Are straight out of the pit of hell.
My C: drive, My backup server (in my basement), My software <tongue stuck="" out="">.
Get of my lawn too whipper snappers!
This is a hot button issue with me.
I was around before the PC when a computer was a DEC VT-100 and a VAX cluster somewhere.
Now everyone wants the power (C: drive) back. - And they want you to pony up monthly and or yearly
to keep using what should be and was always YOURS and your data too.
F%%K That man!
Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine!
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Oh look another grumpy old fart - well met. I have absolutely no trouble relating to your response!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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For those who thought about illegal downloading when they read the subject, shame on you!
The gaming industry is discovering free-to-play. There's also lots of great free software out there that I use both in private and at work.
Who knows, maybe the next Visual Studio, SQL Server and Office Professional Editions are free-to-play too...
Of course there are always the Express Editions.
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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True, I guess playing for free comes at a price
But it's usually a price I'm willing to pay.
Of course I'm always willing to pay for a good product.
Unfortunately there aren't so many good products around nowadays (not that I'm interested in anyway).
When I buy it's usually music cd's or film dvd's. They're quite expensive, but I can't resist...
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Me too, I just love playing on a pc. A keyboard and mouse just gives so much pleasure...
I'm currently playing Sacred 2. Fun game, great to kill some time (and whatever I find on the road).
I would've bought Diablo 3, but I'm sick and tired of those DRMs that require me to be online whenever I play. It's not really a problem, because I am always online anyway. It's just that I don't like that I have to.
The only game I would consider buying is Mass Effect 3, because I so much enjoyed 1 and 2. However, I've had the luck with Mass Effect 1 too that some workers were breaking up the road and I didn't have internet on a free day... So long single player game that I can't play because of ridiculous DRM...
And WHY are they doing this on the new Sim City too...
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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And how often I expect to be using it. In normal situations, I would prefer to buy once, but it depends...
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Aren't you glad you didn't have to pay for that gem of wisdom?
Marc
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Pay once, never own it.
Or the Maxis model: Pay once never get to run it[^]
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Or the EA approach ... run on 3 machines then re-purchase!
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"I prefer to crack the software and never pay"
Not me, of course, but it could be interesting to see how many that use that option...
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011 ----- Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach ----- Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo! ----- Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Removing some really evil DRM stuff or cracking some program to avoid registering/activating/jumping through all kinds of hoops is nothing less than self defense in my book. Remember the times when their ideas of DRM included installing root kits on your computer?
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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CDP1802 wrote: Remember the times when their ideas of DRM included installing root kits on your computer
Yeah, but luckily they didn't do that for long, It was too unpopular...
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011 ----- Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach ----- Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo! ----- Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Look for an Open Source version. Get/Use that one.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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