Don Zeigler wrote:
> Philip wrote:
>
>> Well here we are 3 years after Vista's launch and my company is just now
>> shipping out Vista to is employees whenever a PC is rolled over.
>> Already folks are saying, why? Vista 7 is coming. It'll be 2012 before
>> anyone sees Vista 7.
>>
> I got all our office machines off the Microsoft tit completely last year.
> Our agents, by and large one of the most non-technical groups you'll find
> anywhere, doesn't miss Windows at all.
>
> The biggest issue? They couldn't use Paint Shop Pro to touch up or resize
> their listing pics. Nothing the Gimp wasn't able to do, though...
>
> Everything else from Firefox to Open Office to Filezilla, they got the
> hang of very quickly.
I know a chap who's the IT guy for a huge Real Estate group. He has rolled
out Firefox/OpenOffice and the Gimp across all branches dumping IE/MS
Office and Photoshop in the process.
Most Windows using workers didnt even notice, and those (few) that
complained were told "thats how it is now, get used to it".
--
If we wish to reduce our ignorance, there are people we will
indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
Kelsey Bjarnason, C.O.L.A. 2008
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