On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:50 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>> Yeah, that's why I haven't upgraded.  This is a tool I use to get  
>> things
>> done.
>
> I recently had to get a new PC (the old one let the smoke out). It has
> Vista ($@$@#$@@$#!!) and Office 2007 (I think). The GUI of Word has
> changed so much that I estimate it takes me 50% more time to finish a
> job. So far the learning curve does not flatten. In fact, I tried to
> check whether it is indeed Word 2007, but there is no Help/Amout any
> more, at least not where I expected it. And not because there are new
> features at that part of the screen, there is simply nothing. But I  
> have
> half-transparent windows now, exactly what I was waiting for! Can
> someone please nuke Redmond?
>
> -- 
>
> Wouter van Ooijen


http://ubuntu.com
http://openoffice.org

I'm only half joking. I switched my wife's machine from XP over to  
Ubuntu when it needed a rebuild. So far it's worked well for her.

I've managed to relegate Windows at work to a virtual machine that I  
only turn on occasionally.

-Pete
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