Subject: Re: DarkSide Express
From: James Bagley Jr. (james@thelostnet.net)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 08:11:57 AKDT
It's really difficult to use a non-microsoft system in a microsoft-centric
environment. I'm doing it, but it's not easy...
I regularly get excell and word documents in email. I must say that i've
been *really* impressed with kword, abiword, gnumeric, and kspread.
Between those 4 applications I can open 90%-95% of all microsoft docs that
I recieve. There is the problem with MS Outlook calendaring, scheduling,
and public folders. I can't access these things with my favorite email
client (pine). Evolution is suppose to be able to get there if you want
to purchase a $70 connector product. Even if I get that i'd probably
still use pine for email.
As near as I can tell, once a company gets used to doing things the ms way
it is really difficult for them to do something different. I think it was
built into the design of their software such that if you got used to it,
using anything else becomes too different and cumbersome. They put an
addictive chemical in their software! I know it!
-my $0.02
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, William Bouterse wrote:
>
> I am just curious !?
> I often see on Linux mail lists including aklug;
> a great many Outlook Express users
> (sometimes the majority of posters) and wonder if it
> is because they email from a M$-centric business environment
> or in fact prefer to use it ?
>
> Sorry for the non-issue topic but I have wondered
> for a couple of years now !!!
>
>
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