If it wasn't for windows/office we'd still be using 11ty billlion different types of crappy os/word processing software

[dug777]

I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: dug777
I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

:thumbsup::beer:

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: dug777
I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

:thumbsup::beer:

Ditto'ed.

Que Mac/Linux fans upset that someone made a thread hailing microsoft for a change.

 

[badmouse]

That's like saying thank you to ford for making one car and forcing everyone else out of the business, so that every car uses the same parts and mechanics all over the world all know how to fix the same car.

 

[Stumps]

I must agree...will some of microsofts software is buggy from time to time, I have rarely encounted these and have no real issue with microsoft....hell I even found Windows ME to be a reasonable operating system, very reliable when I was using it a few years back.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: badmouse
That's like saying thank you to ford for making one car and forcing everyone else out of the business, so that every car uses the same parts and mechanics all over the world all know how to fix the same car.

Automobiles have quite a different history than office applications. Pick a better comparison. :roll:

 

[kitkat22]

And paying $300 for each Office suite.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

College discount FTW! I paid $11 for mine 😀

 

[j00fek]

five finger discount here 😀

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

College discount FTW! I paid $11 for mine 😀

Nope, you paid more than that when you consider your tuition. Unless you're on scholarship of course.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: dug777
I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

The only real problem I have with Windows is that you can't change the OS language like you can with OSX unless you have the multilanguage pack, which most people don't.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: badmouse
That's like saying thank you to ford for making one car and forcing everyone else out of the business, so that every car uses the same parts and mechanics all over the world all know how to fix the same car.

The problem with that analogy lies in the fact that you don't buy microsoft computers.

Now if you were to buy any make of car you wanted, and you could put a ford engine in it... or a toyota engine in it... and then run mazda transmission on it...

You see?

 

[OutHouse]

I thank MS for giving me a job (not directly but supporting their products as a sys admin) and few million other people around the world who have jobs because of Microsoft.

 

[Atheus]

Wouldn't it be better if they used an open format though? Then you could share documents with anyone regardles of how much money they have.

 

[Al Neri]

Old school FTW

Word Perfect
Harvard Graphics
Lotus 123

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: badmouse
That's like saying thank you to ford for making one car and forcing everyone else out of the business, so that every car uses the same parts and mechanics all over the world all know how to fix the same car.

The problem with that analogy lies in the fact that you don't buy microsoft computers.

Now if you were to buy any make of car you wanted, and you could put a ford engine in it... or a toyota engine in it... and then run mazda transmission on it...

You see?

a toyota engine with a mazda tranny? Wouldn't that be like win32 apps working on a *nix OS? Thank you Microsoft for making sure 80% of desktop applications won't run on any other OS 😕

And Microsoft Office docs are proprietary to Microsoft Office and is one of the few office suites that doesn't support open formats (like OpenOffice and Abiword does) last I knew.

 

[bigrash]

:thumbsup:

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

hahahaha I can get office XP for $20 or office 2003 for $30 - student discounts 😀

<~ got windows XP Pro SP2 AND XP Pro x64 both for $20 using student discount 😀

 

[kitkat22]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

hahahaha I can get office XP for $20 or office 2003 for $30 - student discounts 😀

<~ got windows XP Pro SP2 AND XP Pro x64 both for $20 using student discount 😀

Those are insane discounts! I got my Win XP Pro for $85 and office 2003 for $75 with my discounts. Where did you go for those?? I'm looking to build another computer before I graduate and lose the discounts.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: cscpianoman

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

hahahaha I can get office XP for $20 or office 2003 for $30 - student discounts 😀

<~ got windows XP Pro SP2 AND XP Pro x64 both for $20 using student discount 😀

Those are insane discounts! I got my Win XP Pro for $85 and office 2003 for $75 with my discounts. Where did you go for those?? I'm looking to build another computer before I graduate and lose the discounts.

Alot of of MS software is free at my school. In fact they have a site where we can download the isos and they give one key for each product.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: dug777
I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

:thumbsup::beer:

Ditto'ed.

Que Mac/Linux fans upset that someone made a thread hailing microsoft for a change.

IT'S NOT 'QUE'. THAT'S SPANISH. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 'CUE'.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Atheus
Wouldn't it be better if they used an open format though? Then you could share documents with anyone regardles of how much money they have.

THAT NEVER HAPPENS, SO NO.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: badmouse
That's like saying thank you to ford for making one car and forcing everyone else out of the business, so that every car uses the same parts and mechanics all over the world all know how to fix the same car.

The problem with that analogy lies in the fact that you don't buy microsoft computers.

Now if you were to buy any make of car you wanted, and you could put a ford engine in it... or a toyota engine in it... and then run mazda transmission on it...

You see?

a toyota engine with a mazda tranny? Wouldn't that be like win32 apps working on a *nix OS? Thank you Microsoft for making sure 80% of desktop applications won't run on any other OS 😕

No, but it would be like a video card running on a Dell computer with Windows XP

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: dug777
I love the fact that i can share documents with almost everybody at work/uni without any hassle at all, and can find & then use a windows pc anywhere in the world that speaks english 😎

:thumbsup::beer:

Ditto'ed.

Que Mac/Linux fans upset that someone made a thread hailing microsoft for a change.

IT'S NOT 'QUE'. THAT'S SPANISH. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 'CUE'.

Or 'queue'.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: cscpianoman

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
And paying $300 for each Office suite.

hahahaha I can get office XP for $20 or office 2003 for $30 - student discounts 😀

<~ got windows XP Pro SP2 AND XP Pro x64 both for $20 using student discount 😀

Those are insane discounts! I got my Win XP Pro for $85 and office 2003 for $75 with my discounts. Where did you go for those?? I'm looking to build another computer before I graduate and lose the discounts.

Alot of of MS software is free at my school. In fact they have a site where we can download the isos and they give one key for each product.

:Q