[ubuntu-za] You know MS is in trouble when

[Quintin van Rooyen]

2009/5/19 Kevin Coetzee <kdcoetzee at gmail.com>

> Nic Roets wrote:
> > some of their loyal users
> > * Can't just buy a new PC with Windows and start using it. No, it needs
> > updates and more updates.
> > * Retype their addressbook because the email on the old PC wasn't
> > transferred over because it was stored in a hidden folder or the old PC
> > used Outlook and the new PC only has Outlook Express. Then they
> > instantly start using gmail.
> > * Can't open the docx files because they only have Word 2003. Then it's
> > cheaper to buy an EEE PC and convert the documents to Word 2003 with
> > Open Office, than it is to buy the new MS Office.
> >
> > There was talk that oil production peaked in 2008 and will from now on
> > slowly decline. Perhaps the same is true for Microsoft earnings.
> >
>
> sad part is,
> Windows users think its normal. or its the techie fault that is trying
> to help.
>

Yep - for some obscure reason it is okay to hunt for drivers because some
stuff just does not work out of the box with Windows. Mention having to find
a driver for something when using Linux however and you get that "Argh Linux
will never be ready for the end user" schpiel.


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