From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from home.rdsnet.ro ([193.231.236.40] helo=relay1.home.ro) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17DKGd-00014r-00 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 03:22:39 -0400 Received: (qmail 14881 invoked from network); 30 May 2002 07:22:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp) (213.233.103.249) by s1.home.ro with SMTP; 30 May 2002 07:22:37 -0000 Message-ID: <000501c207ab$05c23190$f967e9d5@microsoft.com> From: "Octavian Rasnita" To: References: Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 07:14:30 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes you're right. However, I think that guy wanted to tell something like "No, I don't like Linux because it doesn't have the software I know to work with, and I don't want to start learning another application for the same task.... Teddy, orasnita@home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:54 AM Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > I overheard part of a conversation at work that made me realize just how > much Microsoft has taken over in computer software. One guy asked his > friend "do you think Linux will ever replace Windows?" His friend replied > "no way! It doesn't have Excel, Word, or Powerpoint!" It was all I could > do to not scream "you idiot! Excel isn't the only spreadsheet. Word > isn't the only word processor." Has Microsoft become so dominant that > people think that "Excel" ans spreadsheet mean the same thing? I sort of > wonder if that guy even knows what a spreadsheet is? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup