Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request :Evolution

The pathetic draw tool MS had before purchasing another company was
actually part of office for a while.  Now it usually only comes bundled
with Corporate and super professional versions.  They found people would
pay for a drawing program.

KOffice includes a pretty good drawing program bundled as well...much
better than Visio.


On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 10:20 -0500, T. R. Valentine wrote:

> I can understand why software companies expand software products to do
> more and more things (to justify new versions, to convince chumps to
> 'upgrade', and to push other software companies out of the picture),
> but I do not understand those who buy into such a process with its
> accompanying bloat.
>
> I want to choose the product which is best for my needs in each area
> where I have a need for an application. If, for instance, I use
> web-based e-mail, I have no need for an office suite which includes an
> e-mail function and I neither want to spend the money nor waste hard
> drive space for such a 'feature'.
>
> The worst expansions-into-bloat are what used to be anti-virus
> products which now try to be firewalls, anti-spam,
> anti-whatever-you-might-not-want, etc. But Microsoft Office isn't all
> that far behind. I'm actually surprised they haven't rolled Visio into
> the suite. (Or have they and I didn't notice?)
>
>
> -- 
> T. R. Valentine
> Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care.
> 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food
> and clothes.' -- Erasmus


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