On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:33:52 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 17:58 -0800, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 07:38:09PM +0000, Pete Choppin wrote: > > ..... > > > I created a dual-boot Fedora / Windows XP. I am now seriously > > > considering going completely 100% Linux and dumping my Windows > > > partition entirely. > > > > > > > > The question is - can you live completely without Windows, or do you > > > sooner or later have to resort to Windows again? > > > > The simple answer is that 99 44/100% of the time you can do without. > > > > The only reason I have had to boot WindowZ in the last year or so was > > to tidy up a resume. Sadly there are some human resource departments > > (gates) that expect word documents. > > > And you have a problem creating a word document with OOo? > > I maintain my resume in OOo, and when I need a word document I simply > save it as a .doc file and send it in. > > > > The good news is that the companies worth working for do just fine > > with pure text. With care and the corretly chosen TLS on the end of a > > filename even a WindowZ user can read the attachment. > > > > The other sad situation is the ISP tool universe. Too often the best > > way to setup an ISP account is from a WindowZ box. Mostly a clever > > person can lie^H^H^H translate from Linux to windows to get support. > > But you have to know both rather well to do this..... > > > That is a failing on the part of the ISP, and yes, I know many "don't > support Linux". > > We really need to get them out of that mindset somehow, but I wish I > knew how. > > > > > -- > > T o m M i t c h e l l > > Found me a new place to hang my hat :-) > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > For me it was easy. I switched ISP's. When they called me 14 days later to ask why I switched, I told them what their tech guy told me: My OS is not supported by them. And I asked them kindly to call me back when it is. Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com
