[mdlug] IBM plants Linux on the desktop

[Peter Bart]

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 15:07 -0500, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> > From: Michael S. Mikowski
> 
> > Could you share /why/ she wanted back?  Were there 
> > specific features or performance issues?
> 
>  "I do not like the Linux office programs and I feel 
> like I have given them the old college try.  I simply do not care for 
> it... when it takes me three hours to do something I could 
> have done in one hour, it is not benefiting myself nor our family."

	Wow. Give her what she wants. Lose the battle and win the war. I had
just the opposite experience. I have a very happy
Ubuntu/Staroffice/Gnucash user. Oh sure, I have little issues such as
Network Manager being cranky but it's always something that can be fixed
by a little research and time. Much preferable to spending time on the
phone with a products tech support and then resorting to the above with
the added insult that I actually paid for the offending program!


>  She wants Office. She's even willing to get a separate new computer
> for it. I'm trying to avoid that just to save money - obviously I'd
> love a brand-new computer, but we have other places to put money. I'm
> going to get a trial version of Crossover and see if that'll placate
> her. If not, I'll get some extra RAM for a computer in our basement
> and make that the Windows computer.

Bummer.


Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
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