[Leaplist] Re: Microsoft Suggest Linux Hotmail Users Use Outlook Express (long)

[Jason Boxman]

Steve Litt wrote:
> On Saturday 26 January 2008 20:56, Dan Cherry wrote:
>> On Saturday 26 January 2008 8:20:50 pm Phil Barnett wrote:
>>> On Saturday 26 January 2008 08:08:30 pm Sun State Martial Arts wrote:
>>>> unless you program the
>>>> application that creates the data, it is not your data.
>>> I'd have to disagree here.
>>>
>>> If you own a business and you are running lets say Peachtree Accounting,
>>> then the data that is input by you into that software is your data. It
>>> doesn't belong to Peachtree.
>> Agreed, maybe to take it a step further, If I type my business information
>> using an Underwood typewriter and G-P typing paper, neither of those
>> companies should have a claim on my information!  They're tools that I
>> purchased.  Likewise, if I record some information on Memorex tape with a
>> Panasonic tape recorder, or take a picture with Kodak film using a Minolta
>> camera - yada, yada, yada.
> 
> I think the original poster was making more of a practical statement than a 
> legal one. Obviously you legally own your data, but proprietary software can 
> make it difficult to access your information (like if you want to export it 
> to another format).

Gnucash didn't make it real easy to export to another format, and it's 
Open Source (tm).  Heh.  *pets Moneydance*