Re: tlug: Office suite for use under Linux

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

>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Gushee <matt@example.com> writes:

    Matt> During lunch the discussion turned toward computers, and
    Matt> said bigwig came up with the remarkable statement that
    Matt> anyone who doesn't use MS Office has "no common sense" (his
    Matt> exact words were 「常識ゼロ」).

Don't translate 「常識」 as "common sense," and you'll feel a lot
better.  Much more accurate is "the conventional wisdom", without the
disparaging overtones that often occur with the American usage.  More
idiomatically, "Anyone who doesn't use MS Office is a pioneer."  See
how much better you feel?  :-)

    Matt> Many of the people I work with are sophisticated computer

"Sophisticated"?  Even the techs here are rarely sophisticated.  They
know the buzzwords, but hacking or script-based customization is very
foreign to most of them.  "Sophisticated" mostly seems to mean knowing 
how to change your Windose wallpaper.

    Matt> users who have reason to be aware of the shortcomings of
    Matt> Microsoft products---in fact, they *are* aware of them. If I
    Matt> could count the number of hours these guys spend messing
    Matt> around with their broken MS software . . . but Windows
    Matt> is "mainstream," therefore good.

And you can call the MS-trained technical support (at least here at
Tsukuba-Dai, you can).  Linux doesn't have training classes yet.

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