Re: XO Laptop (was Water, was The latest sins

On 2008-03-14, Mark Goodge <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This was recently posted on a mailing list I read:

I was on the phone to the sales director yesterday, trying to get
his mail fixed. He said "Why do you techie people hate Microsoft so
much?"

I said "Well, is your mail working?"

"No."

"And what was the error message you're getting again?"

"'An unknown error has occurred.'"

"Do you understand now?"

He did indeed understand now.

For me it's when people say that Windows is good because

It's user friendly - no

It's easy to install software one - you ought to see the work we
have to do to make installers
work!

It sometimes comes down to "Repeat the mantra after me. Windows is a
user friendly, reliable and easy to administer system..."

- Richard

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