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| Author: | wtd [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | On Linux |
I'm giving up on Linux. It's been a wild ride, but after having to reinstall Windows, and thus wiping out my Ubuntu install, I'm finding less and less reason to reinstall it. Especially given how impressed I've been with Vista and Office 2007. I'm not going to discourage any of you from experimenting with it. I just don't see much of a future for Linux, and so I'm ending my flirtation with the penguin. |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
you mentioned being impressed with vista and office 2007. I am familar with the latter, but what is it about vista that makes it impressive? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
| Silly BC timezone |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
I thought so too, darn - I deleted my post where I said: "April fools a day late? What?" It was cool.. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Yeah, no theme change this year. Wtd is always pulling our weight for us with his cleaver statements. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Tony, you should've got it all happening again! I want a Hello Kitty Theme! |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:On Linux |
BenLi @ Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:37 am wrote: you mentioned being impressed with vista and office 2007. I am familar with the latter, but what is it about vista that makes it impressive?
Wait, are you saying Office 2007 is impressive? Care to explain? |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Well, it's from Microsoft isn't it? A functioning product is most certainly impressive  |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
yeah... and I had thought the April fools jokes were over...  ... silly BC timezone
Freakman, have you even used office 07? People who just jump on the "I hate Microsoft" bandwagon annoy me. I don't mind people who dislike Microsoft for good reasons, but people who just generally say stuff like "A functioning product is most certainly impressive " just prove that they dion't really know what they're talking about |
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| Author: | cool dude [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: On Linux |
sorry freakman but i totally agree with benli on this point. i myself have office 2007 and i find it quite good. although i never hated microsoft to begin with  |
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| Author: | War_Caymore [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: On Linux |
I as well agree with BenLi. Sure, Microsoft has't had the greatest lineup of software and utilities, but to say "a functioning product is most certainly impressive" just shows that you hate microsoft. Although i'm not ready to buy and install Vista jsut yet ( mostly because my computer needs another gig of ram at the very least ), they hae had many "functioning" peices of software in the past. Microsoft wouldn't be striving if ALL of thier software was flawed and countless people having problems. Another bandwagon - "People who hate people who hate Microsoft"  |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Why did the Office 2007 team decide to bastardize the traditional interface so badly? It looked fine before. I find it harder to be productive when I don't know where in the hell 1/2 the tools I'm used to went. I must say, Microsoft did do a better job of securing Vista than XP, though. |
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| Author: | md [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
/me notes that wtd hasn't posted in this thread since he started it... maybe it wasn't a joke? |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:On Linux |
BenLi @ Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:50 am wrote: yeah... and I had thought the April fools jokes were over...
... silly BC timezone
Freakman, have you even used office 07? People who just jump on the "I hate Microsoft" bandwagon annoy me. I don't mind people who dislike Microsoft for good reasons, but people who just generally say stuff like "A functioning product is most certainly impressive " just prove that they dion't really know what they're talking about I'd still like to hear about why Office 2007 is good. I'll admit, I don't work in an office and type up long reports and proposals, crunch numbers in speadsheets, and wow the shit out of everyone with my spiffy slideshow presentations. What is it that Office 2007 has that makes it better than earlier versions? Do you people go out and buy the new version as soon as it's available? I'm very cynical and can't quite ignore the idea of people formatting their computers now and then and saying "hmm... Office 2007 is out, might as well download that and install it instead of Office 2003!". I don't hate Microsoft for no reason, I just don't have any reason to care about them. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Yeah, maybe his windows crashed and now he can't get online 
And I like Office 2007 too, I like the layout and the roll-over apply style idea. But, it does have its down side (like um, some stuff needs dignostics to get it fixed... *sigh* it used to be cool, but now it isn't...) |
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| Author: | wtd [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
I've been working a lot. My manager left the company, and we don't have enough people to cover all of the shifts, so I've been working long days and doing lots of "out of the frying pan" training for newbies. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: On Linux |
Congrats to wtd for seeing the light, at least for one day. |
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| Author: | wtd [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
Oh, I wasn't kidding around. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:On Linux |
BenLi @ Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:50 am wrote: yeah... and I had thought the April fools jokes were over...
... silly BC timezone
Freakman, have you even used office 07? People who just jump on the "I hate Microsoft" bandwagon annoy me. I don't mind people who dislike Microsoft for good reasons, but people who just generally say stuff like "A functioning product is most certainly impressive " just prove that they dion't really know what they're talking about Yes actually, I have used Office 2007. I find it bloated and full of features that I don't need, it's crashed more than once on me, and I really find that I don't have a need for it, nor do I want to pay the exhorbitant prices for it. I've had the same issues with all previous version of Office as well. If I need to type an essay, I'll use a simple editor that will let me bold, underline and italicise my text as well as format it. Believe me, the only reason Windows is still on this laptop is because I need it for schoolwork. It's already crashed 5 times on me as well as locked up like a virgin on prom night ~5 times as well. Oh, and for the record, people who jump all over people hating Windows annoy me. |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: On Linux |
Quote: /me notes that wtd hasn't posted in this thread since he started it... maybe it wasn't a joke?
I seriously doubt it. I'm not a big fan of the new interface either, but there are some new features... automated bibliographies for example |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: On Linux |
Noodle Tools |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:On Linux |
wtd @ Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:40 pm wrote: Oh, I wasn't kidding around.
now i am really confused... april fools day is over already my opinion of vista and office 2k7... i dont have anything installed on vista cept for a game and office 2k7 cant compose my math homework properly so its a really pain in the ass. i'll stick with xp and office 2003 for now. i hate the ribbon interface btw. there are actually a lot of cool features in vista and office 2k7 (i was in a ms tech presentation), but i never find the need to use them anyways. all i do is some coding, word processing and surfing anyways. |
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| Author: | CodeMonkey2000 [ Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:On Linux |
What is this rumor I hear about Vista being able to shut it self down if it detects pirated music/videos? Is it just a rumor or is it true? If it's true then I'm definitely not going to get vista. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:On Linux |
CodeMonkey2000 @ 4th April 2007, 6:43 pm wrote: What is this rumor I hear about Vista being able to shut it self down if it detects pirated music/videos? Is it just a rumor or is it true? If it's true then I'm definitely not going to get vista.
That is not true, however it dose have more DRM that whould in theroy stop you from outputing some copyrighted video in high rez. Also it lmits what you can record in media center a bit more. |
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