Amazingly dumb remark about Linux

[Alex Snow]

Wow! That's one of the top 10 dumb computer things I've heard, ranking right
up next to the guy who used his cdrom as a cupholder.
I can think of two spredsheets for linux, the one for emacs, and the one in
staroffice.
They both are comprable to excel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Myrow" <myrow at eskimo.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> I overheard part of a conversation at work that made me realize just how
> much Microsoft has taken over in computer software.  One guy asked his
> friend "do you think Linux will ever replace Windows?"  His friend replied
> "no way!  It doesn't have Excel, Word, or Powerpoint!"  It was all I could
> do to not scream "you idiot!  Excel isn't the only spreadsheet.  Word
> isn't the only word processor."  Has Microsoft become so dominant that
> people think that "Excel" ans spreadsheet mean the same thing?  I sort of
> wonder if that guy even knows what a spreadsheet is?
>
>
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