-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Creighton wrote: > primm wrote: >> It's true. It is impossible to get people to change from using office with >> xp. >> They will not use vista either. Yeah. read it again. Somehow microsoft has >> instilled in them that this is the only way to write a document and send >> e-mails. They will _not_ change to Linux or vista. windows 98 is just fine >> however. They hate those superb cast iron IBM keyboards that we all love. >> They want proper plastic keyboards and a mouse with a wire. The menus are >> not >> in the right place in openoffice anyway they will tell you. They feel safe >> with xp and office. In the real world thats what there is. I'm dealing with >> housewives who do word processing on a part time basis. They simply cannot >> change. To them, Openoffice and Linux is a joke. >> >> Lynn x >> > Seein' as how M$ isn't supporting XP anymore, what would happen if you > had a hardware failure and *had* to install the latest 'offering' from > M$ on new hardware? These housewives would be forced to learn new
<snip> > Richard Actually, M$ have recently announced that they are extending support for XP, for some unknown reason people are not buying as many Vista copies as M$ expected :-) - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/3NuasN0sSnLmgIRAn9wAJ4gs9tvC9WdaVaVRwktrar/70VMTACgvgec AYIWPHMlonlASna2kbfur+c= =LtY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
