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>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:26 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
>>>> It's called "for the greater good". If you knew doing something caused
>>>> misery, wouldn't you stop? I guess you wouldn't. I happen to be a
>>>> developer. Oh, how I wish people would stop using it. Old habits die
>>>> hard, particularly when those using it have no idea the misery it causes
>>>> for people who bring you nifty things like forums, blogs, and websites.
>>>> As Sheena pointed out: it's leaky, as well.
>>>> Dianne
>>> Here's an item I am sure might interest you
>>> http://gizmodo.com/5285452/os-x-snow-leopard-vs-windows-7-the-final-countdown
>> Nice article. Personally, we use Safari & Firefox. Both fabulous on a MAC,
>> and have fortunately never, ever, had a system OS problem. Like them both -
>> a lot.
>> Also have Netscape & IE - IE is the worst, most likely to lock-up, not work
>> right. Used to have a couple of sites we used for business stuff the
>> insisted on IE - fortunately they changed to work with Safari or Firefox or
>> Netscape (earlier). So, for some years we've had Safari & Firefox in the
>> "Dock" - and try to avoid the unreliable Microsoft products. Do use Office,
>> which for the most part is reliable - except for periodic bugs in Word which
>> means you have to know to go and empty the library users cache preferences.
>> Ellice
>
> And I will say to you again - no problems with MS, especially not with
> Office (and I have the besmirched 2007 currently), Word within Office,
> never had to do anything about emptying anything for that!
>
> Netscape I dropped at Netscape 7, rubbish. Opera is great as is FF.
> I do use IE once in a long while for very specific reasons, such as
> checking my web site appears correctly if someone is using IE, but
> that's about it.
>
> I smile that Mac users feel they must bash MS - they don't use it but
> are convinced it is all malfunctioning, well I can tell you, it
> doesn't. Oh, and I have never had a virus or trojan. Best of all,
> it all costs far less.

> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:26 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It's called "for the greater good". If you knew doing something caused
>>>>> misery, wouldn't you stop? I guess you wouldn't. I happen to be a
>>>>> developer. Oh, how I wish people would stop using it. Old habits die
>>>>> hard, particularly when those using it have no idea the misery it causes
>>>>> for people who bring you nifty things like forums, blogs, and websites.
>>>>>
>>>>> As Sheena pointed out: it's leaky, as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dianne
>>>> Here's an item I am sure might interest you
>>>>
>>>> http://gizmodo.com/5285452/os-x-snow-leopard-vs-windows-7-the-final-countdo
>>>> wn
>>> Nice article. Personally, we use Safari & Firefox. Both fabulous on a MAC,
>>> and have fortunately never, ever, had a system OS problem. Like them both -
>>> a lot.
>>>
>>> Also have Netscape & IE - IE is the worst, most likely to lock-up, not work
>>> right. Used to have a couple of sites we used for business stuff the
>>> insisted on IE - fortunately they changed to work with Safari or Firefox or
>>> Netscape (earlier). So, for some years we've had Safari & Firefox in the
>>> "Dock" - and try to avoid the unreliable Microsoft products. Do use Office,
>>> which for the most part is reliable - except for periodic bugs in Word which
>>> means you have to know to go and empty the library users cache preferences.
>>>
>>> Ellice
>>
>> And I will say to you again - no problems with MS, especially not with
>> Office (and I have the besmirched 2007 currently), Word within Office,
>> never had to do anything about emptying anything for that!
>>
>> Netscape I dropped at Netscape 7, rubbish. Opera is great as is FF.
>> I do use IE once in a long while for very specific reasons, such as
>> checking my web site appears correctly if someone is using IE, but
>> that's about it.
>>
>> I smile that Mac users feel they must bash MS - they don't use it but
>> are convinced it is all malfunctioning, well I can tell you, it
>> doesn't. Oh, and I have never had a virus or trojan. Best of all,
>> it all costs far less.
>
> I'm not a MAC user, but since I develop web sites, I have a friend who
> will check out a site for me. I also have tools I can use for
> conformity issues.

>
> I bash Microsoft because they blitzed the market with Word - an inferior
> product to Word Perfect. I have Word 2000 only because occasionally I
> get a Word doc that won't open in WordPerfect. Most do. And they
> blitzed the market with IE and Outlook. They took perfectly good
> companies and trashed them with their marketing practices. On an
> unsuspecting public.

>
> But the younger generation is getting savvy. Things may change. Or
> Microsoft might get wise and fix their software. Either way, the
> consumer will be the winner.

> I don't get viruses because I use protective software that is GNU and works.
>
> Dianne

>
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:26 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's called "for the greater good". If you knew doing something caused
>>>> misery, wouldn't you stop? I guess you wouldn't. I happen to be a
>>>> developer. Oh, how I wish people would stop using it. Old habits die
>>>> hard, particularly when those using it have no idea the misery it causes
>>>> for people who bring you nifty things like forums, blogs, and websites.
>>>>
>>>> As Sheena pointed out: it's leaky, as well.
>>>>
>>>> Dianne
>>>
>>> Here's an item I am sure might interest you
>>>
>>>
http://gizmodo.com/5285452/os-x-snow-leopard-vs-windows-7-the-final-countdow>>>

>>
>> Nice article. Personally, we use Safari & Firefox. Both fabulous on a MAC,
>> and have fortunately never, ever, had a system OS problem. Like them both -
>> a lot.
>>
>> Also have Netscape & IE - IE is the worst, most likely to lock-up, not work
>> right. Used to have a couple of sites we used for business stuff the
>> insisted on IE - fortunately they changed to work with Safari or Firefox or
>> Netscape (earlier). So, for some years we've had Safari & Firefox in the
>> "Dock" - and try to avoid the unreliable Microsoft products. Do use Office,
>> which for the most part is reliable - except for periodic bugs in Word which
>> means you have to know to go and empty the library users cache preferences.
>>
>> Ellice
>
> And I will say to you again - no problems with MS, especially not with
> Office (and I have the besmirched 2007 currently), Word within Office,
> never had to do anything about emptying anything for that!

>
> Netscape I dropped at Netscape 7, rubbish. Opera is great as is FF.
> I do use IE once in a long while for very specific reasons, such as
> checking my web site appears correctly if someone is using IE, but
> that's about it.
>
> I smile that Mac users feel they must bash MS - they don't use it but
> are convinced it is all malfunctioning, well I can tell you, it
> doesn't. Oh, and I have never had a virus or trojan. Best of all,
> it all costs far less.

>You're lucky - & clearly vigilant at never having had a virus, or glitch.
>Never a glitch with any of your Windows OS? That's really unique - you
>should call Redmond and get them to do an ad featuring you.

>I think it depends on what you want to do, what your use is, what your
>level of patience vs impatience, how straightforward the set-up is, and
>functioning are all things that affect a computer decision. Windows - the
>MS imitation of the MAC OS. That's where it came from, and has continued to
>imitate- just not as well. Not that it's not a product that works for
>people. That's the history - and historically the root of why long-time MAC
>users will slur upon Bill Gates.
>Ellice

> I may not care for Bill Gates but it is MS that has made the computer
> the common household item that it is. Then again, I am probably lying
> about that too.