(rant) why microsoft is not easy to use

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hmm well, on my laptop it runs on a p133 with around 14mb of memory
so I wouldnt know, it probably would, depends on lots of things though.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc at MIT.EDU>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: (rant) why microsoft is not easy to use


> will This run on old p166? We need to replace our ailing old win95
machines,
> and if I could convince the folks at work to replace with linux, all the
> better.
>
>                     Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Howell" <aaron at kitten.net.au>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: 15 September, 2002 4:55 AM
> Subject: Re: (rant) why microsoft is not easy to use
>
>
> Why not have the best of both worlds.
> Visit http://www.lycoris.org (or for the bandwidthly impaired,
> http://www.lycoris.com and get a copy on cd).
> You'll probably need sighted help to get it up and running, but once its
up
> you can of course use it like any other linux distribution via speakup on
> the console.
> The beauty of this one is for all intents and purposes your sighted folk
> will think its Windows XP.
> The GUI is actually KDE 2.2.2 (3.0 in the next release i believe) but its
> been heavily customized to resemble XP in look and feel.
> Coupled with a copy of Crossover office and MS Office 2k, I've almost
> convinced my Fiance that linux is the way to go.
> (and she's about as diehard windows as they come).
> (btw I have no affiliation with Lycoris at all, its just that someone
demoed
> it to us at work and it really does look awesome).
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 03:48:37AM -0500, Jason Symes wrote:
> > I see someone else is taking issue with my corrected goof. Let me state
> > this again, at times windows is the most frustrating, difficult thing on
> > this planet, what I meant was its simple to sighted people because they
> > don't know any better. Its social inertia, they don't want to use
> something
> > new because they don't want to take the time to learn something new.
> > At 06:13 PM 9/15/02 +1000, you wrote:
> > >
> > >*SNIP*
> > >This from the guy who says Windows is superior because it's so easy?
> > >yeah. that's it, you go girl!
> > >easy my ass. If you're sighted just point and click. yeah right.
> > >for us, press this plus that plus the other and play twister just to
get
> > >to a dialog and swear at it cause they moron that coded it used non
> > >standard controls.
> > >yeah. real easy.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Shaun Oliver
> > >
> > >
> > >In a world without fences
> > >          and walls who needs Windows and Gates?
> > >
> > >EMAIL: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au
> > >ICQ: 76958435
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > Jason Symes
> > kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat
> > can cause kids
> > The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's
the
> > zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke)
> > if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything.
> > If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all!
> > Just trying to plug away!
>
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