Apple and Sun team up to bash Office

This is one of the things Apple's existance brings to the table. Consider: 99 plus percent of people use MS Office even though it is bloaty, buggy, overpriced, and user-unfriendly. Why? Because of MSFT's monopoly power.PC makers are afraid to recommend Star Office even though it is half-way decent and MUCH cheaper.Apple , though, does not
have to be intimidated by Redmond.

Look at LINUX-- a faster, MUCH more stable, MUCH Cheaper OS than Windows. So why is it Walmart and not the probably-not-"hetero" Dell-dude that pushes LINUX boxes? Because Dell, and Gateway and etc. are AFRAID of "the beast"

What the [***] the need to bring sexual politics as comment. "Not hetero"? You should be so lucky. Get a life! QAF Rules.

...as I am to open up a discussion about sexual politics, it should be noted that Apple is to its immense credit one of the most forward thinking IT companies in terms of promoting equal rights for its gay employees. This has always been the case, with former CEO John Sculley leading the equality march on Washington in the1990s.

Other firms have much to learn from Apple in this respect. Whether the young man currently fronting Dell's US advertising is an attempt to pick up some of the pink dollar remains a mystery to those of us outside the States, but it wouldn't be a half bad idea if Dell is chasing that revenue, now would it?

I guess I was finding the "Dell-dude" an odd spokesman for a boring, conservative, company based in the south, like Dell.
I did NOT mean any offense to non-hetero people. I apologize.

Fun though it was... it's clearly getting some folks over excited. I've just removed a very nasty comment from someone who can only be described as a bigoted fool, and I will remove ANY posting that critises the freedoms or personal orientations of any CRM members.

This is one of the things Apple's existance brings to the table. Consider: 99 plus percent of people use MS Office even though it is bloaty, buggy, overpriced, and user-unfriendly. Why? Because of MSFT's monopoly power.PC makers are afraid to recommend Star Office even though it is half-way decent and MUCH cheaper.Apple , though, does not
have to be intimidated by Redmond.

Look at LINUX-- a faster, MUCH more stable, MUCH Cheaper OS than Windows. So why is it Walmart and not the probably-not-"hetero" Dell-dude that pushes LINUX boxes? Because Dell, and Gateway and etc. are AFRAID of "the beast"

...as I am to open up a discussion about sexual politics, it should be noted that Apple is to its immense credit one of the most forward thinking IT companies in terms of promoting equal rights for its gay employees. This has always been the case, with former CEO John Sculley leading the equality march on Washington in the1990s.

Other firms have much to learn from Apple in this respect. Whether the young man currently fronting Dell's US advertising is an attempt to pick up some of the pink dollar remains a mystery to those of us outside the States, but it wouldn't be a half bad idea if Dell is chasing that revenue, now would it?

Fun though it was... it's clearly getting some folks over excited. I've just removed a very nasty comment from someone who can only be described as a bigoted fool, and I will remove ANY posting that critises the freedoms or personal orientations of any CRM members.

I guess I was finding the "Dell-dude" an odd spokesman for a boring, conservative, company based in the south, like Dell.
I did NOT mean any offense to non-hetero people. I apologize.