=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions => Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:06 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Re: [NF] Word 2000 Zero Day Exploit => => Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: => => > => > On Sep 6, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Stephen the Cook wrote: => > => >>> 'tain't rocket science. 'tain't even expensive anymore. :) => >> => >> => >> For a one'zie or small company it's not rough. => > => > => > But you guys are living in a different world. Try to explain this => > stuff to "just plain folks" (like my *family*). Ed and others have => > said it before (but more eloquently): this stuff should be => about as => > easy and hazardous as using a refrigerator. => > => > One shouldn't have to run continual updates nor buy => special programs => > or any of that. Heck, most of my siblings don't even know => how to load => > software. These people are tech morons, and they should be => allowed to => > be so. The smartest "regular folks" know that they need to do this => > stuff, but are scared that they will load the *wrong* => stuff. Even if => > they have a firewall, Scared that they will answer the "do => you want to => > allow this?" questions wrong (and they probably will). => => => My daughter and wife INSISTED (after many times of => complaining) that I put MS Word back onto the family PC, => that they did not want to use OpenOffice just because it => wasn't what they were used to. M$ is established and has a => strong foothold/following with non-computer => ("regular") folks. This is a perfect example, imo. => => -- => => Michael J. Babcock, MCP
And that is why, in its infinite wisdom, Microsoft has made major changes to the GUI in Office2007. And they cannot understand why no one wants to upgrade from Office 97. Go figure. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
