[Hidden-tech] Microsoft Office suite vs. other options

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:42:44 -0500 Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:

> 
>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
> 
> 
> >>>>> Frank Aronson <fsaronson at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>   > This will quickly be labeled off-topic, but I have to ask, why does every
>   > Mac vs. PC thread always devolve into a Microsoft mugging?
> 
> Neither Duane's nor my comments were intended it to be Microsoft "mugging".
> Other tools that copy Word and PowerPoint have exactly the same problems.
> 
> The point that we and Edward Tufte were making is that each of these design
> tools have an inherent "cognitive style" -- a specific built-in approach to
> using information to solve problems -- and a user interface that encourages
> certain sorts of thinking, problem-solving, and design decisions, and
> discourages others.

"Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient":
	http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/wp.html


-- 
Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933
Deepwoods Software        -- Download the Model Railroad System
http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows
heller at deepsoft.com       -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/