>> Some guy wanted to edit a PowerPoint presentation for a local 
>> gathering, so I bought him a copy of Office Home, and... guess what? 
> 
> You didn't read the documentation?

For my sins, no. I just assumed that "Office Home Edition" would have 
the parts of Office that are useful to a home user, without the parts 
that only an office worker would want. I was wrong.

> I know where the "microsoft doesn't document stuff" meme comes from. :-)

It's OK. I'm used to people telling me I'm stupid. I've had to put up 
with it for my entire life. I guess one more person won't hurt...

>> I'm pretty sure professionals wouldn't buy a consumer-oriented product 
>> such as Nero. 
> 
> Right. It's *too* cheap. :-)

Or rather, professionals don't want wizzy "let me do this trivial 
operation for you automatically because you're too stupid" features, 
they want stuff that actually makes their job easier and lets them 
control what the software does.

Go install Norton Antivirus. Watch as your PC slows down and it pops up 
windows every 5 minutes letting you "your PC is at risk" or "an attack 
attempt has been blocked". Now go install Symtantec Antivirus Corportate 
Edition. Trust me, you'll never even realise it's running. (There's not 
even a tray icon.) Different target audiences. (And price tags, as it 
happens...)

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