Posted by Neredbojias on 05/03/06 00:08

To further the education of mankind, Michelle Steiner
<michelle@michelle.org> vouchsafed:

> Getting back to the matter at hand, spending $200 in order to run a $29
> piece of software does not make financial sense to me. Sure, if the
> person needs Windows for some other reason, then buying Agent might be a
> reasonable option, but to buy Windows solely to run Agent is, to me,
> wasting money.
>
> I just can't see any newsreader being worth $229.

What I can't see is setting-up a separate 'puter and/or OS just to run one
app. Unless I _really_ wanted that app.

One time, back when the typical 'large' hard drive was 40 meg and 80 meg a
real giant, I spent $4200 on a Priam 750 meg HD. State-of-the-art hardware
for a state-of-the-art price. Foolish, yes, but I really wanted it. So if
I really wanted what I thought was a good app, say Forte, I'd might spend
the bucks more easily than creating a second system just to run it.

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Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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