If Open Office didn't suck so much, maybe Sun would have an easier time getting people to adopt it. Really though, how is Microsoft a monopoly? Noone is keeping people from using Linux or OSX. People use Windows because they WANT to use Windows, not because anyone is making them. Hungary should be happy enough that they even have a Microsoft office in their backwater country, and they should leave Microsoft alone.
I agree with Andrew. As a Hungarian living aborad, but frequently visiting the country I can assure you it is not backwater. Maybe if your pompous (and I presume American) ass could realise that actually visit a country before you call it backwater. No, no-one is making them use windows, however they have little choice. If I ask any person on the street what Mac or Linux is they'd probably have no clue. In our local eletronics retailer (in Debrecen), there is ONE macbook compared to about 50 windows laptops and PC's. Even then most people would igonre it because they are scared of using something they have never tried and rightly fear it will be incompatible with other accessories they might buy. If they have a problem with it, their computer 'expert' may not have a clue how to fix it and they'd be dead in the water if they were not clued in on the technology front.
So how about actually knowing what you speak about before opening that vile mouth of yours?
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If Open Office didn't suck so much, maybe Sun would have an easier time getting people to adopt it. Really though, how is Microsoft a monopoly? Noone is keeping people from using Linux or OSX. People use Windows because they WANT to use Windows, not because anyone is making them. Hungary should be happy enough that they even have a Microsoft office in their backwater country, and they should leave Microsoft alone.
Backwater? Get the fuck outta here
I agree with Andrew. As a Hungarian living aborad, but frequently visiting the country I can assure you it is not backwater. Maybe if your pompous (and I presume American) ass could realise that actually visit a country before you call it backwater.
No, no-one is making them use windows, however they have little choice. If I ask any person on the street what Mac or Linux is they'd probably have no clue. In our local eletronics retailer (in Debrecen), there is ONE macbook compared to about 50 windows laptops and PC's. Even then most people would igonre it because they are scared of using something they have never tried and rightly fear it will be incompatible with other accessories they might buy. If they have a problem with it, their computer 'expert' may not have a clue how to fix it and they'd be dead in the water if they were not clued in on the technology front.
So how about actually knowing what you speak about before opening that vile mouth of yours?