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" <myrow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
