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kittonian
I hate to be the one to say it, although I'm sure all of
you out there spending your entire day trying to figure
out why Microsoft would bother releasing this so
called "update" and why your network doesn't seem to work
correctly with it, have been saying it (or thinking it)
over and over again.
We need real solutions. Here's Microsoft charging an arm
and a leg for their office suite of products and a ton of
money for their Exchange server and yet we mac admins and
users can't use them together. Why? The answer seems to
be quite simple. If it only runs on Windows then
Microsoft will sell more computers running windows and
keep apple and the mac os lagging behind in the business
world.
It is interesting to see that in Japan a computer with
both windows and office installed costs just $36 for the
software license. Why you ask? Well, the answer again is
simple. The Japanese switched to Linux for the most part
and Microsoft was losing their shirt and so the license
fees came down dramatically.
COME ON MICROSOFT. STOP DOING SOME HALF-ASSED JOB THAT
YOU PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR FINISHING UP. WHY NOT
JUST DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND MAKE YOUR USERS HAPPY.
The mac community out there needs to get a huge petition
going to make things happen. We need to somehow make
Microsoft understand that we will still buy their
products, and all we ask is something very simple. They
do what they are supposed to do and they do it well. I
don't think that's too much to ask. Do you?
kittonian
P.S. I especially loved speaking to MS tech support today
and being told that even though I spent tons on licensing
office X for os X for an entire network of Mac users, they
weren't going to do anything to help me out or even give
me information unless I paid them $245 up front. Oh btw,
they hung up on me when I put them on hold for all of 5
seconds. Real business-like.
you out there spending your entire day trying to figure
out why Microsoft would bother releasing this so
called "update" and why your network doesn't seem to work
correctly with it, have been saying it (or thinking it)
over and over again.
We need real solutions. Here's Microsoft charging an arm
and a leg for their office suite of products and a ton of
money for their Exchange server and yet we mac admins and
users can't use them together. Why? The answer seems to
be quite simple. If it only runs on Windows then
Microsoft will sell more computers running windows and
keep apple and the mac os lagging behind in the business
world.
It is interesting to see that in Japan a computer with
both windows and office installed costs just $36 for the
software license. Why you ask? Well, the answer again is
simple. The Japanese switched to Linux for the most part
and Microsoft was losing their shirt and so the license
fees came down dramatically.
COME ON MICROSOFT. STOP DOING SOME HALF-ASSED JOB THAT
YOU PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR FINISHING UP. WHY NOT
JUST DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND MAKE YOUR USERS HAPPY.
The mac community out there needs to get a huge petition
going to make things happen. We need to somehow make
Microsoft understand that we will still buy their
products, and all we ask is something very simple. They
do what they are supposed to do and they do it well. I
don't think that's too much to ask. Do you?
kittonian
P.S. I especially loved speaking to MS tech support today
and being told that even though I spent tons on licensing
office X for os X for an entire network of Mac users, they
weren't going to do anything to help me out or even give
me information unless I paid them $245 up front. Oh btw,
they hung up on me when I put them on hold for all of 5
seconds. Real business-like.