Re: [tlug] Re: Why Vista Sucks (was: linux: it's becoming ubiquitous)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

scott writes:

 > This made me laugh out loud. I agree- I never thought Word was all that
 > user friendly anyway after using word perfect during my formative years
 > (remember that software?). Also, is word the most popular editor?

You're missing the point.  Word is the most popular editor because it
works well enough more comprehensively than any other product, not
because it's the best at anything it does.

 > Not saying that it isn't, but in Japan, everyone was using that
 > incomprehensible ichitaro forever,

Every bilingual body who had a choice stopped using ichitaro as soon
as a Japanese-capable Word was released on a Windows that didn't need
double booting.  I doubt that any other country has anything similar
to Ichitaro.

 > reason Word got so popular was because of the success of Windows 95 and
 > 98 in the workplace at the expense of lotus and those other
 > alternatives, not necessarily because it is in itself better software.

??  That's basically the point, but don't you mean Office, not
Windows?