[plug] You don't have to be a Linspert to use Linux !

[Kai Jones]

Jacqueline McNally wrote:

 > Kai Jones wrote:
 >
 > > I installed Linspire 4.5 on our IT laptop a few weeks ago,
 > default boot
 > > mode was set to Linux.....anyway, I got the laptop out just
 > now to have
 > > a look at some stuff and Linspire was in sleep mode, so I
 > woke it up and
 > > thereäs a srtuctural reveiew sitting there looking at me,
 > done in OOo
 > > 1.1 and complete with diagrams, all the usual font
 > formatting etc etc
 > >
 > > What's the point of this post ? the CEO borrowed the
 > laptop, he's cluey
 > > but not very computer literate, he prolly didn't know it
 > wasn't windows,
 > > prolly didn't know he wasn't using Microsoft Word and did
 > the whole lot
 > > without any help from IT !
 > >
 > > There is hope.... ;)
 >
 > Thanks for sharing this Kai.
 >
 > Recently, I posted an article
 > (http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsec
 > tion=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=1054
 > ) to the OOo Marketing Project list, because it said:
 >
 > "Regarding the use of Linux and Open Source software,
 > Prudential ICICI
 > prefers to stick to its ‘Microsoft Standard’. Prasath
 > reasoned, “We are
 > using Linux only for SMTP. All our desktops run on Windows. Having
 > invested a significant amount on MS Office licenses, switching to an
 > alternate office productivity suite (like Sun’s Star Office) will be
 > almost impossible. The training costs for the new package will far
 > exceed the price difference between the two.”"
 >
 > I'm going to visit the site again, to see if you can post
 > comments, in
 > which case I think yours is worth posting there, as it is a beauty :)
 >
 > All the best
 > Jacqueline McNally

Done :)