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Hmmmmm
I own the following:
1 - SuSE 9.0 Pro
2 - KDevelop
3 - KMail
4 - Konqueror
5 - Open Office 1.1.1
6 - The Gimp 1.2
7 - The Gimp 1.3
8 - Ark
9 - File Roller
10 - KDat
11 - Karchiver
12 - Calculator
13 - Gnome Disk Catalog
14 - KEdit
15 - KVim
16 - Dictionary
17 - Kdict
18 - Kugar
19 - Conglomerate XML Editor
20 - Quanta
21 - Ximian Evolution
22 - xrolodex
23 - KPresenter
24 - KWord
25 - AbiWord
26 - Scribus
27 - Mr. Project
28 - K3b
29 - X-CD-Roast
30 - Vanity Webcam utility
31 - Xine
32 - Kaffine
33 - Noatun
34 - Totem Movie Player
35 - Anjunta IDE
36 - Eclipse Java IDE

Shall I go on? I own over 1500 pieces of software, do I use them all? Nope but by golly I own them! now for MS stuff.... I don't own any of that and what I do have is rented.

So depending on your camp, yes, you do own software!
Posted by: Linux User 147560   Posted on: 05/10/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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