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Re: [SLE] Novell-Microsoft: What They Aren't Telling You
- From: Darryl Gregorash <raven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 02:46:30 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <454D5082.3000704@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 2006-11-04 15:50, Kai Ponte wrote:
> <snip>
>They simply need to restart the FUD campain to scare others away from Open
>Source. Again I was at a friend's house this morning fixing their infected
>XP SP2 system and discussing how I never get viruses and my software "Just
>works." The response back was, "can I open Outlook Express emails in linux?"
>
>Sigh...
>
But that is a very valid question, is it not? In the past, even users of
MS software have had a chance to ask it, eg "can I open MSWord<n>
documents in MSWord<n+1>?
So it is only natural some of them should wonder if OE emails are
different from other emails. (I'm not sure if I want to put a "laugh"
emoticon here, or a "cry".)
> <snip>
>They simply need to restart the FUD campain to scare others away from Open
>Source. Again I was at a friend's house this morning fixing their infected
>XP SP2 system and discussing how I never get viruses and my software "Just
>works." The response back was, "can I open Outlook Express emails in linux?"
>
>Sigh...
>
But that is a very valid question, is it not? In the past, even users of
MS software have had a chance to ask it, eg "can I open MSWord<n>
documents in MSWord<n+1>?
So it is only natural some of them should wonder if OE emails are
different from other emails. (I'm not sure if I want to put a "laugh"
emoticon here, or a "cry".)
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