I agree with what you say. However, if I understand you correctly, why do you want viruses for Linux to exist? Greg On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:39:38AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Yes, of course it means discrimination. > Microsoft pays a lot of money and makes a lot of lobby, not only in USA, but > in some other countries where this "lobby" is illegal. > They give free computers and software to high schools and provide free > manuals. > They also offer some benefits to the teachers to make them like teaching > Microsoft's products. > > Why should someone bother to teach Linux for free with no benefits. > > This is now, but after more years, those kids will know only Microsoft's > products, and this is what they will choose. > > I hope Linux will be more friendly one day, and I hope it will beat Windows, > but for this to happen, I hope it will appear more games for Linux, more > viruses, software that it is not open source, pirated software, etc. > > This means that a lot of people are interested in it. > > Now, why to import an excel spreadsheet into another applications that > nobody knows to use it? > Let's say a guy knows to use the spreadsheets under Linux very well. How > many companies do you think it will employ him? > Most of the companies won't employ him, because they know that they will > need to install Linux, and the other employees don't know to use it > And Linux is harder to learn and that company don't want to spend a lot of > time, so to get a job, that guy needs to learn what most of the people use. > And that is Windows. > > Teddy, > orasnita at home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter at valkyrie.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:40 AM > Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > > > > I think the best approach to tell them was did they know you can import > Word > > and Excel 2000 documents in Star Office 6.0 with Star Writer and Starcalc? > > Oh, and then of course resave them in Microtrash format when done editing > > it. Shows stupidity. However, they do have a point there. > > Every college I've went into as a class requirement you must use MS Word, > MS > > Excel, MS access or they flunk you. sounds like descrimination to me. Why > > not Wordperfect, Quatro pro, Star Writer, etc? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
