On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Dr. Imre Bartfai wrote:

> I have heard often enough as argument for Microsoft and against Linux,
> that something for free could not be good. If people would want to have
> all for free, why is it possible to sell (e. g.) Office 2000
> vs.StarOffice, which is free!

Ummm...  because I have enough time to go buy and install M$ Office while
waiting for StarOffice to load?

8-)  Just a guess...

Dale
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