Re: [newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Thread Robin Turner
On Monday 11 March 2002 19:55, poogle wrote: [snippets] > > I'd agree but only to a point, software written for Windows is regularly > updated and a lot of people feel the need to upgrade, e,g, Word/Excel95 to > Office97 to Office2000, likewise with non-MS software such as Photoshop. > Similarly h

Re: [newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Thread poogle
On Monday 11 March 2002 13:04 pm After a lifetime spent studying flat-pack furniture assembly instructions [EMAIL PROTECTED],finally published his translation to a waiting world as :- : > Hi folks, > I'm bck! > Nothing much seems to have changed.. (sigh) > > > > Linux in ANY flavour is

[newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Thread rigby
Hi folks, I'm bck! Nothing much seems to have changed.. (sigh) Heather said (in part): Hope I've got the right poster here :-)) As a total linux newbie I will add my two pennorth - I work as a coordinator and support person for housebound people - repairing pcs, getting them on the ne