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I'm no MS lover...I don't like MS....
But this car analogy is a lot of crap.

When did you last buy a perfect car that didn't have flaws?

Yes MS should be held responsible for producing an OS and apps that work the for what they were designed. And they do. The OS for one was designed badly and works badly. Job done.

The FUD about having to install Open Office from the command line in Linux is utter crap too. I'm not sure about RPM based distributions, but in Debian based systems such as Ubuntu you CAN install from the command line, which is MUCH easier than doing it the Windows way anyway.

But you CAN install it via the package manager, Synaptic. Open the package manager, select the package to be installed (Open Office), and click Apply. The OS then downloads the package and installs it.

The same is true of the command line method. "sudo apt-get open office install". It downloads the package and installs it. Done.

In Windows, open your other buggy app, IE, or you're smart, Firefox, goto the openoffice.org website, click on download, choose a mirror, click on download again, choose where you want to download it to, click ok, when it's downloaded, find the file on your system, double click the install file, or the setup file....you never know which, click ok... next... next... ok... yes.... etc... choose a path....cross your fingers.

Please don't tell me that installing software in Windows is easier than in Linux. It's just not true. Sorry, but if you don't know how to do it, that's not Linux' fault.
Posted by: mdsmedia   Posted on: 06/22/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Was it that Google spreadsheet  Boot_Agnostic | 06/20/06
FWIW, if you use IE, it does warn you before opening Excel files  PB_z | 06/20/06
The problem with these types of exploits is that someone gets infected.  MacGeek2121 | 06/20/06
But it is faster than open office  jjanks | 06/20/06
selam  hagus | 06/20/06
Why is it, so incredibly hard for MS to completely patch  michael_t | 06/20/06
Why pop a blood vessel?  scottie_clark@... | 06/20/06
MS needs to hire them  Boot_Agnostic | 06/20/06
Never mind him, he can't help himself  Code Poet | 06/20/06
He has issues...  Cayble | 06/20/06
I disagree.  MageOfChaos | 06/20/06
Actually, I agree totally  Cayble | 06/20/06
Sorry.  MageOfChaos | 06/21/06
much less than your beloved MS trashware wink  michael_t | 06/20/06
Still hooked on no-doze I see  byeats | 06/21/06
Relax... talking the OBVIOUS truth out is very soothing ... n  michael_t | 06/20/06
RE : Why pop a blood vessel?  dlbear | 06/22/06
You need a hobby other than ZD net  Code Poet | 06/20/06
my favorite lame excuse for the last 20 years  not of this world | 06/20/06
I'll tell you why...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/20/06
Ho ho ho ho ... the entire "Special Club" had its gathering .... wink  michael_t | 06/20/06
I disagree  byeats | 06/21/06
Convenience has killed Quality  michael_t | 06/21/06
Again, you are 100x safer using OpenOffice. Ditch the bug-ridden thing they  DonnieBoy | 06/20/06
Not to mention  jflash_z | 06/20/06
Open office is substandard  Code Poet | 06/20/06
I have not installed OpenOffice for a long time, it comes with almost all  DonnieBoy | 06/20/06
So get the Neo- Office distro  s_gamgee | 06/21/06
That should be your first clue...  Spikey_Mike | 06/22/06
ODF is an official standard  not of this world | 06/20/06
funny funny funny, is this real life or TV??  jonathan swift | 06/20/06
Windows future...  interested_amateur@... | 06/20/06
they should be yelling INCOMING!!  warezdog | 06/20/06
I'm in the same mood  Castanet | 06/20/06
Yet another vicious cycle of trying to patch some MS product happy  michael_t | 06/21/06
I'm no MS lover...I don't like MS....  mdsmedia | 06/22/06
If only you'd press your companies to use other offices  Boot_Agnostic | 06/22/06
I ask from my ignorance.  jolumoar | 06/23/06
No, these are exclusively MS office issues (as usual happy ) ...nt  michael_t | 06/23/06
Get a life Milky  Cayble | 06/30/06

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