>> I mean, come on, Windows is pretty flexible, given that my mum can do 
>> stuff on it, I can use it to run CFD simulations and design LCD screens, 
>> also I can play 3D games and even write 3D games on it, plus raytrace :-)
>
> Apart from your mum being able to work it, the same could be said for just 
> about any OS.

The CAD software and CFD software we use only works on Windows.  The games I 
want to play are only for Windows.

> (And even Linux isn't that hard to work these days. Damn hard to set up, 
> but not that hard to operate once you eventually get it working.)

And when my mum tries to plug in her new camera...?  I was actually very 
impressed that my mum managed to install the software for her camera and get 
it working without even a single phone call to me :-)

> True story: One of our users was working on a vital report. She hit 
> "Save", and Word crashed. From that point onwards, any attempt to access 
> this file caused Word to instantly crash.

Did you try using "Open and Repair" from the open dialog box of Word? That 
has worked before when I was sent a corrupt file.  Also, tell her to save 
more often than every few hours.

> Any idea how many people are switching away from IE? Enough to provoke M$ 
> to start development work on it again.

And yet funnily enough since Vista/IE7, I've seen people who previously were 
using FF now going back to IE - "well it has tabbed browsing already doesn't 
it?"

> Sadly, it seems we are stuck with M$ Windows forever. I mean, M$ is too 
> powerful to beat. They're unstoppable. We're all doomed...

Get a life away from computers :-)

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