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Originally Posted by BetterRed
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{ In the past couple of days I read a post on this issue from an invalid pensioner, who is probably on a fixed income. A $100 bucks for a new version of Windows not to mention the hardware it needs, might mean he/she don't eat for a week.
Or maybe their aged care provider takes 90% of their pension, so if they want to get new Windows, then for a few months they'll have to forego their once a week trip to see a movie and have a coffee & chocolate.
Then there's the folks who live in Dacca, Guangzhou, or a Rio favela who earn $10 a day.
Little wonder they pirate so much software when they have to pay US/EU prices; assuming they can get it, which in some countries they can't - eg Trinidad, Somalia... }
BR |
Oh, yes, that argument. Have a friend or family member upgrade the computer to a light version of Linux if money is that big an issue. Or buy that person (father, grandpa) a new $ 400 computer every 10 years.
I assume you'll now expand the argument to include not having friends or family.
If money is that big an issue and migration to Linux is impossible, then Calibre 1.48 it has to be. One can't expect software to keep supporting operating systems that are fast approaching 15 years of age. I never knew anybody working with Windows 3.1 (at home) in 2007...