__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Tuesday 12 September 2006 14:30 \__
> [snips]
>
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:05:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> This makes Microsoft's last-minute attempt an impossibility, which is why
>> they wound up accepting ODF and had its support embedded as a plugin. They
>> got the code from SourceForge (AKA the "repository of 'communism'"), which
>> is ironic[1].
>
> Not merely ironic; it means that several of the whiners here - the ones
> who tell us that OSS is crap - *cannot* use that plugin. Ever. Or
> newer versions of Office which actually support the OSS offereing. Doing
> so would reveal them to be hypocrites.
>
> Oh, wait... that wouldn't bother them at all, would it?
Several of them use Mozilla Firefox. "It's crap", they argue, but at the same
time they just can't help using it. They need the good tools for the right
job.
This actually reminds me of a guy I used to work with -- an avid IE user who,
only _by principle_, advocated Internet Explorer. He knew nothing about Web
standards or truly used Firefox and its extention (probably just seen
something /different/ from afar. People dislike and fear what they don't
know or understand. To him -- it was just about making a stance and sticking
with IE, or else a weakness is shown. Actually, you find the same mentality
in the context of politics. People are by nature adamant and they would
justify all personal choices and taste. But wait. It gets worse.
The guy had a love/hate relationship with "that thing" called Linux. He never
really knew it, but he said he wanted to try it. I said I would help him. He
even took a Ubuntu CD to his home (I wonder if he has already switched). But
at the same time he hated Linux. Sounds strange? It shouldn't. It's pretty
much the one and only sick mixture of sentiments that overwhelms
disappointed Windows who reluctantly admit it's time to change (i.e. join
the 21st century). Windows Vista is so 90's. And even Windows 98 could be
compared to it, side-by-side. Sure, visually they are different, but so are
the hardware requirements. You didn't have the needed engineering
capabilities for Vista... not in 1998 anyway.
Best wishes,
Roy
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