Microsoft tipping

[Collins]

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On Monday 29 December 2003 08:56, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> > On Monday 29 December 2003 10:15 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> >>On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Alan Jackson wrote:
> >>>On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:11:46 -0600
> >>>
> >>>Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:
> >>>>In my view, M$ puts ease of use above everything else; 
> >>>
> >>>Maybe I'm odd, but I don't find Windows easy to use. I find it obscure,
> >>
> >>You're not odd.  I've had similar experiences.  And don't even get me
> >>started on the nightmare that is M$-Exchange.
> >

Ease of use can only be used to describe M$ programs if you narrow the terms 
to accomplishing only one specific task in the one specific way the program 
wants you to do it.  

Ever try to find out where one of the "easy to use" photographic programs 
supplied with a new digital camera is storing its files (you might want to 
back them up or transfer to CD) or what type of files it's storing?  Ever try 
to get an image that wasn't created by this particular program into the 
program to edit it?  Ever get tired of remembering how many menu levels you 
have to go through to be able to display the file types along with the dorky 
icons on an explorer panel?  It goes on ad infinitum.

This is not what I'd call "easy to use."

OTOH, if you want a lesson in frustration, just try the label printing 
functions in Open/Star/Office. Or even better, ever want to transfer mail 
from one of the mutually incompatible open source mailers to another?  We 
can't blame M$ for those POS!!!

-- 
Collins