Amazingly dumb remark about Linux

[Gregory Nowak]

I agree with what you say. However, if I understand you correctly, why do you want viruses for Linux to exist?
Greg


On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:39:38AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> Yes, of course it means discrimination.
> Microsoft pays a lot of money and makes a lot of lobby, not only in USA, but
> in some other countries where this "lobby" is illegal.
> They give free computers and software to high schools and provide free
> manuals.
> They also offer some benefits to the teachers to make them like teaching
> Microsoft's products.
> 
> Why should someone bother to teach Linux for free with no benefits.
> 
> This is now, but after more years, those kids will know only Microsoft's
> products, and this is what they will choose.
> 
> I hope Linux will be more friendly one day, and I hope it will beat Windows,
> but for this to happen, I hope it will appear more games for Linux, more
> viruses, software that it is not open source, pirated software, etc.
> 
> This means that a lot of people are interested in it.
> 
> Now, why to import an excel spreadsheet into another applications that
> nobody knows to use it?
> Let's say a guy knows to use the spreadsheets under Linux very well. How
> many companies do you think it will employ him?
> Most of the companies won't employ him, because they know that they will
> need to install Linux, and the other employees don't know to use it
> And Linux is harder to learn and that company don't want to spend a lot of
> time, so to get a job, that guy needs to learn what most of the people use.
> And that is Windows.
> 
> Teddy,
> orasnita at home.ro
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter at valkyrie.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:40 AM
> Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux
> 
> 
> > I think the best approach to tell them was did they know you can import
> Word
> > and Excel 2000 documents in Star Office 6.0 with Star Writer and Starcalc?
> > Oh, and then of course resave them in Microtrash format when done editing
> > it. Shows stupidity. However, they do have a point there.
> > Every college I've went into as a class requirement you must use MS Word,
> MS
> > Excel, MS access or they flunk you. sounds like descrimination to me. Why
> > not Wordperfect, Quatro pro, Star Writer, etc?
> >
> >
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