On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:25:55 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/10/2011 11:54 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Ye’r not biased by any chance?
>> Oh, yes, I'm biased, and I don't try to hide it.:)
>>
>>
> I know, I know. :-)

Well, I know how it is when age starts creeping in.  My dad always said 
that memory was the second thing to go. (Can't remember if I've told that 
one here before or not - but I probably have <g>)

>>> >  Actually I can’t be bothered to learn another OS and like Andrew
>>> >  I’ve got lots of s/ware that works on Windoze.
>> Whereas I can't be bothered to use Windows for the vast majority of
>> what I use a computer for these days, and I don't have a collection of
>> Windows software holding me back.<gd&rvvvf>
>>
> That is another point. I need the M$ Office Suite for work and
> complained bitterly when they changed to Office 2007. Which reminds me
> of the faux quote attributed to Petronius Arbiter.
> 
> "We trained hard... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to
> form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life
> that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful
> method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing
> confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization."

Yeah, and that is a good quote, faux or not. :)

>> But my point above was that if you're citing "numlock doesn't behave
>> the way I'm used to" as "another reason to give Linux a miss", it's not
>> really that great of a reason.;)
> 
> It is no reason at all, at all. :-D

Well, exactly. :)

Jim

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