Use what works... quit complaining about M$.... IF it does the trick - then use it. If for some wierd out of this world reason you HAVE to use linux on your home PC... well.. good for you So I guess you're one of those newfangled Linux users who hasn't heard of the Free Software movement or Richard Stallman.
Exactly, it doesn't matter to me if FOSS loses out on people who don't get it. In fact, I hope the Linux world is always dominated by people who know what FOSS is and why it matters. It would be (and sometimes, even now, *is*) irritating to have new Linux users constantly complaining "OMG the menus look shinier in MS Office, what's so innovative about this Linux crap", since they will never understand that the best innovation and the best feature is the license and the limitless options it gives the user.
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I think Microsoft lost its appeal a long time ago...
No, exporting it as a unicode text file would be better.
I'll get you next time, Gadget! Next time!
Exactly, it doesn't matter to me if FOSS loses out on people who don't get it. In fact, I hope the Linux world is always dominated by people who know what FOSS is and why it matters. It would be (and sometimes, even now, *is*) irritating to have new Linux users constantly complaining "OMG the menus look shinier in MS Office, what's so innovative about this Linux crap", since they will never understand that the best innovation and the best feature is the license and the limitless options it gives the user.
I find the GPL quite shiny, thank you.
I guess the next step is for the ISP to add their right to do this into your agreement with them.
You mean your memory is so bad, even your copy of Firefox can't remember passwords?