4 Oct
2011
4 Oct
'11
4:48 p.m.
On 10/04/2011 04:19 PM, Lance Lyon wrote:
Of late the negativity in CCTALK has reached somewhat
epic proportions - and
people are coming across in a rather poor light. Many posters seem to be
permanently stuck in the stone age and appear to hate anything produced in
the last 30 years.
This post is a perfect example :
"Outhouse" and "Weird" - hate to tell you but both of those
particular
products have been the business standard for quite a few years now and a lot
of roles are advertised that require the applicants to be proficient in
their uses.
"Business standard"...assuming that's even true, are you suggesting
that this is supposed to indicate a good product, or suggest that I
should use it? That's pretty silly, and awfully unprofessional.
"Business people" love Microsoft because they think Microsoft and
Bill Gates are the same entity, and like to be associated with money and
financial success. These people typically haven't an iota of technical
know-how, and they're NOT the people who should be telling others what
tools to use to do their jobs.
Nor should users of the products be denigrated as
useless or idiots because
they use them - claiming such only proves that YOU are the foolish one.
No. Nowhere was it suggested that Outlook and Word are bad because
they're somehow "modern". It was suggested that Outlook and Word are
bad because, well, they ARE. And frankly, anyone with so much as a whit
of technical experience or know-how KNOWS that.
Like it or not, computers are technical tools. You don't see true
hard-core technical people using Outlook or Word, EVER. There's a
reason for that. Trust the opinions of people who actually know how
this stuff works and what it's supposed to do, not some plastic-haired
idiot out on the golf course who will buy anything that's advertised in
BusinessWeek magazine.
These are the tools of the trade now (and despite the
haters who seem to
think they are "rubbish") are rather powerful ones - especially Outlook.
Heh. Good thing that's a fantasy, otherwise the world would be in an
even worse situation than it already is.
This smacks of the exact same credibility-smashing crap that Richard
spewed a few hours ago when he suggested that anyone who doesn't use
Outlook is an "asshole".
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL