Re: Support the Sasser-author fund started

[Stormwalker <bruen () host49 duncable cust sover net>]

On Thu, 13 May 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:33:25 +0200  said:

>  You don't HAVE to use Microsoft, you know..

  This assertion is not true. There are many instances requiring the use 
of MS products. It is only recently that Open Office has started to change 
this. For example, governments at the all levels have required us to use 
MS Word if we want to use on-line tax forms and other documents. Many 
prospective employeers require the submission of a Word formatted resume. 
If I want to publish a paper or speak at a conference or propose a book, 
most require me to put the document in Word format.There are many more 
examples, but this should make the point. 

 It is not good enough to expect that some of us simply can choose not to
work, do taxes, etc.

> It's like cars - when the price of gas is sitting at $3/gallon, the companies
> making fuel-inefficient cars notice it on their sales figures....

  Some us need those inefficient vehicles because of where we live. I'd 
love an off-road, all wheel, high enough clearance, fuel efficient vehicle 
to get down my dirt road through the woods in the six feet of snow I get 
in the winter. I had to give up my 35 mpg cheap car when I moved out of 
the city. And I should be able to choose where I live without being 
hassled about the tools I need to live there.
 
                cheers, bob

-- 
Bob Bruen
Cold Rain Technologies 


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