From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17DX1r-0007ET-00 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 17:00:16 -0400 Received: (qmail 19830 invoked by uid 0); 30 May 2002 20:59:41 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp010-rz3) with SMTP; 30 May 2002 20:59:41 -0000 Message-ID: <001301c2081c$c73f0de0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:58:34 -0400 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 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 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 X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Wow! That's one of the top 10 dumb computer things I've heard, ranking right up next to the guy who used his cdrom as a cupholder. I can think of two spredsheets for linux, the one for emacs, and the one in staroffice. They both are comprable to excel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:54 PM 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 >