Dude ... i never said they were free. I said Microsoft&#39;s entry into the field led to lower prices across the board<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ashok Hariharan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashok@parliaments.info">ashok@parliaments.info</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Rad! &lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>

&gt; Oddly enough there is some truth to the only part of the aki&#39;s rant that<br>
&gt; makes sense.<br>
&gt; Just go back in history and see how much Word Processing Suites,<br>
&gt; Spreadsheets, databases, operating systems, databases and even browsers<br>
&gt; (yes, browsers) used to cost back in the day until good old Bill decided to<br>
&gt; get into the mix.<br>
<br>
</div>don&#39;t ms-office , ms-access and windows etc still cost money ?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
&gt;Like it or not he led the path to consumerize IT.<br>
&gt; Something Apple is now doing.<br>
<br>
</div>certainly, i dont disagree with that.<br>
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