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 at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <myrow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
