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Why "Upgrade" To Office 2007

Posted by Hemos on from the a-question-asked-everywhere dept.

walterbyrd writes "IMO: Office-2007 is a contender for the least useful upgrade in the history of computing. It's expensive, has a steep learning curve, and it's default format is even less compatible with anything else. Stan Beer discusses the "upgrade" in his article: Question: why do I need to upgrade to Office 2007?."

11 of 598 comments (clear)

  1. Masochism by Carewolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why the same reason you install any Microsoft Software, because you like a challenge.

  2. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot by Moby+Cock · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I not use that same argument for not switching to Linux?

    You could, but dude, your karma would take a beating around here.

  3. And that's one of the features. by DingerX · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you go two layers deep into the "Tools" menu, you'll see that "Auto-Astroturf" is by default enabled, where it automatically monitors RSS feeds for relevant discussions and posts pro-Office messages without user intervention!

    1. Re:And that's one of the features. by Duhavid · · Score: 3, Funny

      You have to enable it.

      It's on the tools menu.

      AutoAstroTurf is on by default, so like, no worries.

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      emt 377 emt 4
    2. Re:And that's one of the features. by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's on the tools menu.

      ... and it's labeled 'Beware of the Leopard'

    3. Re:And that's one of the features. by Howserx · · Score: 3, Funny

      Some of us also don't use excel when datasets are over 64000 rows.

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      I support the troops. I pay f'ing taxes.
  4. Re:I've already upgraded.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Which is free... as in shit.

  5. Re:I've already upgraded.. by kevcol · · Score: 4, Funny

    "My point is, i've explained myself MILLIONS of times to the slashdot crowd"

    But.. how?! You only have 1013 posts! :-)

  6. Re:as in ? by Courageous · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it's one giant literary case of mixed metaphors.

    Steep as in "hill," and "curve" as in "WTF are you mixing your metaphors for"? :)

    C//

  7. Re:I've already upgraded.. by roger6106 · · Score: 5, Funny
    But.. how?! You only have 1013 posts! :-)

    It is possible to explain something more than once per post.

    It is possible to explain something more than once per post.

    It is possible to explain something more than once per post.

  8. Re:The reason to upgrade is simple and unavoidable by newt0311 · · Score: 2, Funny

    damn right. emacs + LaTeX is the best word processor I have ever worked with.