>They like Office because it's "pretty". That's why they bought a Mac, so at least they're consistent.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Joaquim Carvalho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 June 2005 16:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Microsoft "Acrylic" in Beta > > On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 13:44, William Robb wrote: > > > The three Mac users in the world wouldn't touch it anyway. > > Bt nature, they don't like to use MS products. > > Sadly that is not true, all the Mac users I know (more than > three) had a (sometimes ilegal) copy of Microsoft Office > installed on their computers, even when there are free and > better alternatives. They like Office because it's "pretty". > One of them even goes to the trouble of running (Microsoft) > Virtual PC so he can run the PC version of Office on Windoze, > for greater compatibiliy he says, turning a speedy and > virus-free OS X G4 into some slow emulated piece of crap full > of viruses and anti-viruses. > > I myself am forced to use Virtual PC (not Microsoft's, it is > the version before Microsoft acquired Connectix) and Windoze > 2000 to run Garmin Mapsource but I use it in the > non-permanent disk mode (nothing is written to the hard disk > image) so it's always fresh and clean! > > > > >
