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  The straw Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-01 09:55 -0400
    Re: The straw Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 15:42 +0000
      Re: The straw George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-01 15:28 -0500
    Re: The straw Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-04-01 08:42 -0700
    Re: The straw Siri Crews <china.blau@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-01 10:31 -0700
    Re: The straw Alan Ralph <usenet@alanralph.co.uk> - 2014-04-01 20:25 +0100
    Re: The straw JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-01 15:45 -0400
    Re: The straw befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2014-04-03 08:55 +0200
      Re: The straw Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2014-04-03 00:34 -0700
        Re: The straw Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-04-03 10:58 +0000
          Re: The straw Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-04 17:08 +0200
        Re: The straw Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-04-03 08:03 -0700
          Re: The straw Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2014-04-03 16:01 -0700
            Re: The straw Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-03 20:12 -0400
        Re: The straw George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-03 19:47 -0500

#58270 — The straw

Well, it's the last straw.

Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.

Obviously OS X is hopeless.  Not enough Apps.  Apple are slow to update 
it.  And fricken Apple computers are expensive.

I'm picking up a spanking new Dell with Windows 8 today.  An OS that is 
made for humans and is built on an evolving operating system.

-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#58271

On 2014-04-01, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> Well, it's the last straw.
>
> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
>
> Obviously OS X is hopeless.  Not enough Apps.  Apple are slow to update
> it.  And fricken Apple computers are expensive.
>
> I'm picking up a spanking new Dell with Windows 8 today.  An OS that is
> made for humans and is built on an evolving operating system.
>
There's no fool like an April Fool.

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#58277

On 4/1/14 10:42 AM, in article bq053jFthffU1@mid.individual.net, "Tom
Stiller" <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2014-04-01, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> Well, it's the last straw.
>> 
>> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
>> 
>> Obviously OS X is hopeless.  Not enough Apps.  Apple are slow to update
>> it.  And fricken Apple computers are expensive.
>> 
>> I'm picking up a spanking new Dell with Windows 8 today.  An OS that is
>> made for humans and is built on an evolving operating system.
>> 
> There's no fool like an April Fool.

THAT didn't take long...

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#58272

In article <PqydnThkD6TdWKfOnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Well, it's the last straw.
> 
> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> 
> Obviously OS X is hopeless.  Not enough Apps.  Apple are slow to update 
> it.  And fricken Apple computers are expensive.
> 
> I'm picking up a spanking new Dell with Windows 8 today.  An OS that is 
> made for humans and is built on an evolving operating system.

April fool?

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#58274

In article <PqydnThkD6TdWKfOnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Well, it's the last straw.
> 
> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> 
> Obviously OS X is hopeless.  Not enough Apps.  Apple are slow to update 
> it.  And fricken Apple computers are expensive.
> 
> I'm picking up a spanking new Dell with Windows 8 today.  An OS that is 
> made for humans and is built on an evolving operating system.

I was thinking about getting a spanking new Windows box, but then I realised it 
would be bawling all night long demanding more ram, puking up core, and making a 
mess in its disks that I would have to clean up all the times. Plus all the 
immunizations against virusses and diseases: they're a plague incubator in your 
nursery.

Get an older Mac: 
http://www.aspca.org/adopt/adoption-tips/top-10-reasons-adopt-older-dog

-- 
Cherchez la femme fatale.

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#58275

On 01/04/2014 14:55, Alan Browne wrote:
> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.

Office apps for Mac still have a proper menu bar. This alone means that 
they suck significantly less than their Windows brethren.

(I await with some trepidation to see what Microsoft will do whenever 
they finally bring out Office 2014. It's possible they may do an iWork 
on it, just to spite us...)

Alan

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#58276

On 14-04-01 09:55, Alan Browne wrote:
> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.

Never heard that they had vacuum cleaner capabilities :-) (and if they
did, that they actually worked).


BTW, Some days ago. Microsoft released Office for iPAD.

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#58302

Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> 
> Obviously OS X is hopeless.

Funny argument.
Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?

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#58303

In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
 befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:

> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> > 
> > Obviously OS X is hopeless.
> 
> Funny argument.
> Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?

The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that 
when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this 
group.

-- 
chrispam1@me.com is a filtered spam magnet. Email replies may be lost.
You're better off replying to this newsgroup.

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#58304

In article <chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris
Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:

> In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
>  befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
> 
> > Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> > > 
> > > Obviously OS X is hopeless.
> > 
> > Funny argument.
> > Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
> 
> The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that 
> when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this 
> group.

And he'll have a lot more to whinge about - assuming it wasn't just a
poisson d'Avril.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#58327

On 2014-04-03, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris
> Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
>>  befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
>> 
>> > Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
>> > > 
>> > > Obviously OS X is hopeless.
>> > 
>> > Funny argument.
>> > Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
>> 
>> The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that 
>> when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this 
>> group.
>
> And he'll have a lot more to whinge about - assuming it wasn't just a
> poisson d'Avril.

Or Aprilscherz even, since Bernd posted from a .de address.


-- 
Paul Sture

"In that case," said Napoleon, "let us wait twenty minutes; when the enemy
is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him."

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#58305

In article <chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris
Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:

> In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
>  befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
> 
> > Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> > > 
> > > Obviously OS X is hopeless.
> > 
> > Funny argument.
> > Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
> 
> The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that 
> when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this 
> group.

Apparently both of you don't understand April Fool's jokes.

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#58309

In article <030420140803192319%michelle@michelle.org>,
 Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris
> Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
> >  befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
> > 
> > > Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
> > > > 
> > > > Obviously OS X is hopeless.
> > > 
> > > Funny argument.
> > > Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
> > 
> > The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that 
> > when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this 
> > group.
> 
> Apparently both of you don't understand April Fool's jokes.

Well, you may be right. The original posting was from April first. But 
judging from his past posts, I'm still not convinced it was supposed to 
be a joke.

-- 
chrispam1@me.com is a filtered spam magnet. Email replies may be lost.
You're better off replying to this newsgroup.

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#58310

On 2014.04.03, 19:01 , Chris Schram wrote:
> In article <030420140803192319%michelle@michelle.org>,
>   Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris
>> Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
>>>   befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Obviously OS X is hopeless.
>>>>
>>>> Funny argument.
>>>> Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
>>>
>>> The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that
>>> when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this
>>> group.
>>
>> Apparently both of you don't understand April Fool's jokes.
>
> Well, you may be right. The original posting was from April first. But
> judging from his past posts, I'm still not convinced it was supposed to
> be a joke.

What specific past posts are you referring to?

-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#58312

On 4/3/14 2:34 AM, in article
chrispam1-85F97E.00341503042014@newsfeed.aioe.org, "Chris Schram"
<chrispam1@me.com> wrote:

> In article <1ljird6.1tderkg1w38z8kN%befr@eaglesoft.de>,
>  befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) wrote:
> 
>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> Word for Mac sucks.  Excel for Mac sucks.
>>> 
>>> Obviously OS X is hopeless.
>> 
>> Funny argument.
>> Word and Excel suck and you blame OS X instead of M$?
> 
> The guy just likes to rag on Apple. Ignore him, and just be happy that
> when he switches to that "other" platform, It'll be much quieter in this
> group.

You guys must be European or something...

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