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ILearn to punctuate, please. Paragraphics and basic syntax and sentence structure wouldn’t hurt either.

When was the last time you revived an abandoned project? When was the last time you ever modified a non-trivial piece of software (hacking Makefiles to make shit compile doesn’t count, sorry).

So you’re saying that time costs nothing? Time spend learning languages and APIs, time spent familiarizing oneself with the codebase, time spent developing, testing and debugging? Open source is powered by MagickalPixieDust(TM) and labour is free, right?

Ultimately, what you’re regurgitating is that the fact that Linux is sorely inadequate for the overwhelming majority of people, is not due to any shortcomings on Linux’s end, but solely on the shoulders of users who don’t even use it, that’s complete and utter bollocks.

While Linux may have a purchase price of $0, it has yet to show that it actually saves any money, as it gets destroyed on TCO and TCA every time.

Even if it’s him, what does it matter? Is his credibility suddenly tarnished because you might know his name?

All this time linux marches on and Microhardon stands still in the dust.

Linux marches into obscurity. Enjoy your left mounted window buttons.

Suck it winbreds.

Kerberos, the author, runs a mac. Idiot.

While I’m at it:
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>> I haven’t heard much about this. I have 4 Desktops and a Laptop. 2 Desktops on my desk, so I have one Outlooked hooked into Exchange (I use an Exchange Host, I’m dumping GMail), and the other Outlook hooked into Windows Live Hotmail (Using the Hotmail Connector, functioning much like an Exchange Server). I typically don’t like my Email to all by consolidated in one client. I’m a bit OCD when it comes to organization, though

My Windows Mobile Device gets my Exchange and Hotmail, but it keeps them separated in seperate inboxes quite cleanly.

“It was somewhat clunky under 2003/07. The ‘view more about *contactname*’ panel is great, too.”

>> I need to look into this Sounds like it’s doing something similar to Windows Live Messenger, right?

“When I have an email open, I can click one button and get my ENTIRE email history with the sender, or any of the other recipients. It’s really sweet, and actually quite innovative.”

>> The Outlook Social Connector can be installed on Outlook 2003 and 2007, as well. That’s not limited to Outlook 2010. They need to hurry up and release the Facebook and Windows Live Connectors, though…

“Outlook is something that I have open whenever my computer is awake. I probably use it more than any other program, and it’s nice to see forward progress with it. They made rule creation and scripting more streamlined too, which is nice as I have a lot of rules setup to handle mail from various sources across various accounts.”

>> I agree. I use it more than anything, and it’s always open.

“I use the windows 7 usability enhancements every single day at work. Aero Snap, jumplists, mouseover preview, I use these things all day long and others.”

>> I wouldn’t know about that. I’m still on Vista and XP. I actually had the Vista disk since release, but was too lazy to install it until January this year. Seriously, who wants to reinstall Visual Studio 2008, all your Add-Ins, back up and restore your entire Mailbox/Calendar, etc. etc. I don’t do OS upgrades (doesn’t matter what OS it is).

“I do some pretty advanced stuff with Office, too. I don’t think I could get away with it under OO.org. Right now I’m writing a program that opens an ODBC connection to an access .mdb file (generated by a proprietary alarm system) and extracts meaningful information from it and puts it into a nicely formatted report. It may be doable under OO but using Visual Studio for it makes it really easy to put the connectors together, and it’s all part of the same ecosystem so interoperability is very high. ”

>> I’m not sure what you’re getting at, but Visual Studio is not Microsoft Office, unless they’ve replace VBA with a .NET replacement, and you’re referring to that. The only thing else I can think of is Visual Studio tools for Office, but you get that with Visual Studio (certain Editions), not Microsoft Office.

However, developing Extensions for Office is a better experience than with other Office Suites, because the tools used to do it (both in and out of Office) are simply better.

While I have someone’s attention, please tell me what the tags are for bolding and italicizing text in replies here are. I don’t wanna try anything incorrect with no preview button!