[Pc_Support] Microsoft still caters to people who write letters, not books ...

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> The New York Times had an article today about the current bug
> squashing status in both Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007.
>  RE:  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/technology/09vista.html
>
> In reality, let's fact it, the two products are still designed for
> people who write letters, not books much less have serious document
> and factory-floor product backends.  Working a several large, but
> still American industry powerhouses myself, Office on the factory
> floor is still very much a _joke_ and has 0% automation.
>
> One of my favorite quotes was at the very end ...
>
>     "If you look at the mean time to crash for most Office customers, 
> it's
>      very high," he [Ben Canning] said. "There is a small minority that
>      crash all the time, and they hate us, and we want to help."
>
> Can I get a "bullshit"?!  Mr. Canning knows, as everyone else who
> attempts to use MS Word in a _production_ environment knows, that MS
> Office -- through 11 (2003) -- is a letter writing program.



OK:   *BULLSHIT !!!!*


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	William A. Mahaffey III

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