[ubuntu-uk] for the record

[Tony Arnold]

Andrew,

Andrew Loughran wrote:
> Andrew Jenkins wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>   
>>> Some time ago, my wife had a new computer and insisted that she wanted
>>> Windows instead of Ubuntu. Much of her usage was word processing and she
>>> found it difficult to get to grips with Open Office (I don't know why)
>>> or so she said. 30 minutes ago she said to me "D... it! I am fed up with
>>> all these bl...y messages that stop me getting on with my work and, if
>>> Ubuntu will stop that happening, then get rid of Windows and replace
>>> it." Needless to say, I am busy downloading Ubuntu 7.10.
>>>
>>> Norman 
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> Funny creatures wives, mine always moans about Open Office too.  She
>> uses the MS version happily though.  I said "You had to learn to use
>> MS Office, so why can't you just learn something else too?".  It
>> seems that the are some who will resist change whatever......and I
>> married one... :-)
>>
>> Andy Jenkins.
>>
>>   
> I think the moral is "You can change your software, you can change your 
> wife - but you can't change your wife's software."

LOL! But changing your wife because she won't use Ubuntu seems a little
harsh:-)

Regards,
Tony.
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