Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?)

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Subject	Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?)
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Chad Perrin wrote in post #1000266:
> but it is *not* vital to explain to some
> Microsoft obsessed shitbird why you are using Ruby to interact with an
> XLS file rather than doing it "by hand" in Excel.

The trouble with you Chad is you always manage to miss the point.

No-one on this thread has mentioned doing it by hand. The issue was
whether or not to use Windows OLE rather than a Linux environment, given
that the end-product is for Windows users, and that it is does what Will
wants  - unlike his Linux solution.

I'm not Microsoft obsessed. The simple fact is it is the Linga Franca of
the computing world. Linux is only on a tiny minority of desktops. So
it's natural to question why someone would choose to go down a such a
route when Windows is what most other people would be using.

Will has said his colleagues just happen to be avid Linux fans so that's
fair enough.
That answers the question.

I know on this channel I will get the anti-Microsoft lobby. Fortunately
I don't get it at work. Professional programmers grudgingly accept that
NET has bugs and the usual MS baggage but probably is a better bet than
say Java for mainstream e-business. Sadly people rarely have an opinion
on Ruby.

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Writing formulas to excel spreadsheet Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-19 11:22 -0500
  Re: Writing formulas to excel spreadsheet Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-19 16:58 -0500
    Re: Writing formulas to excel spreadsheet 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-19 17:37 -0500
      Re: Writing formulas to excel spreadsheet Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-19 23:42 -0500
        Re: Writing formulas to excel spreadsheet Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@mac.com> - 2011-05-20 09:28 -0500
        Saving Electricty - Using a Blackboard? Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-20 12:41 -0500
          Re: Saving Electricty - Using a Blackboard? Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-20 13:19 -0500
  Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-20 16:36 -0500
    Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Daniel Berger <djberg96@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 17:02 -0500
      Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-20 21:28 -0500
        Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-21 16:14 -0500
          Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Damjan Rems <d_rems@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-23 15:18 -0500
            Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 11:45 -0500
          Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-23 16:38 -0500
            Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> - 2011-05-23 18:00 -0500
              Keep your options open Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-24 12:45 -0500
                Re: Keep your options open Johnny Morrice <spoon@killersmurf.com> - 2011-05-24 13:22 -0500
                Re: Keep your options open Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-05-24 16:55 -0500
            Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 20:53 -0500
        Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Colin Bartlett <colinb2r@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-25 10:27 -0500
          Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> - 2011-05-25 11:54 -0500
          Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:53 -0500
            Re: Matz never said Microsoft was the Devil Incarnate. (or did he?) Will James <ampclj9@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 12:46 -0500

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