Comments on: Micro$oft must think we’re all idiots http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2009/04/10/microsoft-must-think-were-all-idiots/ Observations Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hooda Thunkit http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2009/04/10/microsoft-must-think-were-all-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Hooda Thunkit Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:03:44 +0000 http://joe.zawodny.com/?p=388#comment-173 And that is exactly why I bought my H-P Laptop downgraded to XP. Oh, I got both XP and Vista CDs, but I have remained faithful to XP. My epiphany came with an earlier purchase of Office 2007 which lasted ~1 week before removing it and chucking it into the drawer. Office 2007 left enough of a bad taste in my mouth to permanently "cure" me of the urge to update. As for Office software, I have Open Office on all of my machines, and only resort to saving work with MicroSoft extensions when sharing with those still in the dark about office software. In my little world, all documents end in .sxw, of the OO.org equivalent on spreadsheets and presentations. Now if I can just work up the courage to go withLinux for my O/S... And that is exactly why I bought my H-P Laptop downgraded to XP.

Oh, I got both XP and Vista CDs, but I have remained faithful to XP.

My epiphany came with an earlier purchase of Office 2007 which lasted ~1 week before removing it and chucking it into the drawer. Office 2007 left enough of a bad taste in my mouth to permanently “cure” me of the urge to update.

As for Office software, I have Open Office on all of my machines, and only resort to saving work with MicroSoft extensions when sharing with those still in the dark about office software.

In my little world, all documents end in .sxw, of the OO.org equivalent on spreadsheets and presentations.

Now if I can just work up the courage to go withLinux for my O/S…

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