Oh wow sign me up!
I got into to work this morning and logged into my wonderful *gag* Dell box running the magnificent Windows XP Pro and noticed a notification from Java. “Update now and get Openoffice…FREE”. Thats so nice of them to include that for me alongside an update of an already bogged down little piece of software. Not only will I have to wait about a 30 minutes for Java to figure out how to update itself to the newest version but I’ll also have to wait for it to download 100+ MB of software. Now that isn’t the only thing thats wrong with this picture. Why is Java/Sun offering me software that is opensource and already FREE? Most people who know what Openoffice is should already know that it’s free. It’s always been free and will continue to be so as far as I know.
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but… it’s FREE!
I’m glad I’m not the only person who feels this way! I spend all my life updating Java on 3 pcs, and now i have to update OpenOffice as well – but guess what, I am happy with Office 2003 on my pcs! WHY DO I HAVE TO UPDATE SO MANY SOFTWARE PACKAGES ON SO MANY COMPUTERS SO OFTEN?
At least my mac never needs updates…