Posted by: kirkjobsluder
on April 14, 2006 07:39 AM
And it takes less time to go the store, buy photoshop, go back home, and then install it? The GIMP folks probably should make the Windows version more easily accessible, but the problem here is a typical double standard. The user complains that it takes too long to get the OSS application but they don't mind the fact that it actually takes longer to go out and get a proprietary application.
Um, who goes out to buy software in this age of web-based shopping? You get the media delivered to your office, spend a coffee break waiting for the installer to finish, and then go to work using it.
The cost of learning it (the amount of money lost by using time for learning the program rather than working) will probably be made up in the long run in cost savings from not having to buy copies of Microsoft Office.
Microsoft Office is not that expensive compared to labor and training costs, unless you are paying your writers something close to minimum wage.
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Re:don't diss people
Posted by: kirkjobsluder on April 14, 2006 07:39 AMUm, who goes out to buy software in this age of web-based shopping? You get the media delivered to your office, spend a coffee break waiting for the installer to finish, and then go to work using it.
The cost of learning it (the amount of money lost by using time for learning the program rather than working) will probably be made up in the long run in cost savings from not having to buy copies of Microsoft Office.
Microsoft Office is not that expensive compared to labor and training costs, unless you are paying your writers something close to minimum wage.
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