On Sunday 30 September 2007 04:59:10 am G T Smith wrote: > 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 :-)
Few hundreds reasons per product. Count is mostly 2 (Vista & MS Office) which comes out as one good computer upgrade (no monitor and accessories). > =========================================================================== > 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 > =========================================================================== I felt free to pick up this one in: http://en.opensuse.org/Famous_quotes -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
