What the???? How on earth was my "I agree with the parent poster" modded as a Troll???
MS makes things for dumb users. Dumb users like things easy. Linux (and to a great extent) the culture surrounding Open Source is driven by the programmer, for the programmer.
I *did* install Mandrake, deciding that it was time to have another look at Linux. I *did* have to struggle to find out how to shut the bugger down when I was done.
Redundant, fair enough! Troll??? Someone is just too sensitive.
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My wife wanted me to install Word, but I sneakily installed Open Office instead.
So far, she has been able to do whatever she needed in OO, and has not come across any limitations in terms of it's capabilities.
My first impression of it was that it seems to be up to the task, but I didn't like how it started to prompt for Data sources when I first started it.
Cool feature, maybe.. but let me find that stuff when I want it, not when I want to play with the tool and see what it does.
Other than that small gripe, it's probably gonna go on any new boxes I build, unless a customer asks otherwise
What the???? How on earth was my "I agree with the parent poster" modded as a Troll???
MS makes things for dumb users. Dumb users like things easy. Linux (and to a great extent) the culture surrounding Open Source is driven by the programmer, for the programmer.
I *did* install Mandrake, deciding that it was time to have another look at Linux. I *did* have to struggle to find out how to shut the bugger down when I was done.
Redundant, fair enough! Troll??? Someone is just too sensitive.
Why can't I moderate :( I agree with the parent poster 100%.
:)
There's a certain arrogance (moral and technical) in the Open Source communitity that means MS will be around for some time to come just yet.
Yes, things like "My Documents" may be stupid to *you*, but my mum knows where to find everything.
I just installed Mandrake 9.1 to play around with. Shutdown the PC? Sure, go to a Terminal session and type shutdown -now.
Mum, stick with windows. I don't need the support calls