Re: tlug: Re: Price of Applix and WP (or plugging the TLUG library)

[Thomas Joseph Haslam <tjhaslam@example.com>]

At 07:34 PM 09/09/98 +0900, JB wrote 

>Please note:  this is a copy provided to us for demonstration purposes and
>should not be treated as a freebie.  If you try it and like it, please buy
it.
>Quality commercial desktop software (or indeed any at all) for Linux is a
>rare, new, and IMO GoodThang (TM) (Your Opinion May Vary).  If no one buys
it,
>it will also become a short-lived thing, so I hope that we will all do our
>part to support Linux vendors if we like and use their products.

Excellent point!   And unlike the commerical distrubtions of Linux (RedHat;
Turbo), it seems that Applix is *NOT* GPL.  (This I just found out reading
the *very fine print* in the Applix manual.)  Hence the usual one per
user/machine  restriction applies.    

(For what it's worth, I had owned a copy of Applix before I discovered
TLUG, let alone the library).  

Otherwise, I'll try to refrain from further comments that seem to justify
the eventual Microsoft takeover.   (Just joking).  

Best to all,
TJH 
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