Funny you should bring up Microsofts development ways. Last night in my Linux + class, a guy that had worked doing some things for Microsoft was recounting some of the horror he had seen at Windows camp. It surely made Camp crystal lake seem like a dream, at least Jason didn't have software bugs

He said while he was there, that it was the time when office 97' was being released. They had Office 97' and Office 2,000 not only finished, but, instead of being like BSD and checking for bugs BEFORE releasing, that they released it and let other people find the bugs.

Then when all of those bugs were found, they applied them to office 2,000 and released it whenever that dark day was they released it. I can hardly believe a company with that kinf od cash power would do something like this. If my company was like them....Well, there isn't much hope for them left, but they are at least starting to try.

But if I had that kind of money, I would be hiring hackers 24/7 to come in, and try their best to crack the software. That damned registration would be out the window. They have things about registration where useability is taken away so that peopl can't pirate it as easy.

I'd stop that. The new office, is nice. But the price tag on it......I could get a new computer for that price, and download Vi and Emacs. I only use word when I HAVE to do a project for school. I got Office XP Pro when it came out for $200.00 from my school. I use word, that's about it. I can do everything I need to though, in Vi. It sucks when schools are almost forced into using that because it's what alot of businesses use.

When start my company in a few years, you'll MAYBE see ONE copy of office lying around. Other than that, we will be using Vi and Emacs. I need to learn C better than I do. I'll code my own office suite. And give it away free with my OS.

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I got an Email from Patrick V, the dude who created Slackware. He was asking about the tutorial I wrote!!!

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BSD and Linux are free, and very useable. Both can be used as servers. And both can be secured. But is one really better than the other for a desktop? I think Linux is.....Hmmmm *Off to start a new thread in the OS forum about which is better from a desktop perspective*

Ohhh, gore used a big word like forum, and about!