[SATLUG] Re: See, M$ Sucks! A message to the community

[Travis M.]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 23:26 -0600, Travis M. wrote:
> <Here, I wanted Chris to view a Microsoft PowerPoint File with file
> extension ".pps". It didn't really work.>
> (10:26:44 PM) Travis: Check your email
> (10:27:05 PM) Chris: 1 sec
> (10:40:42 PM) Chris: im looking at the slideshow now
> (10:41:06 PM) Travis: Is background music playing?
> (10:41:21 PM) Travis: from the slide show?
> (10:54:10 PM) Chris: no music played
> (10:54:18 PM) Chris: I didn't know there was supposed to be music
> (10:54:31 PM) Travis: M$ PROPRIETARY CRUD!
> (10:54:49 PM) Travis: ...
> (10:55:01 PM) Travis: You know, there was supposed to be music
> (10:55:13 PM) Travis: I looked at that on a Windows machine with
> Powerpoint
> (10:55:27 PM) Chris: tried open office?
> (10:55:33 PM) Chris: I used open office
> (10:55:37 PM) Travis: And. no, they [Microsoft] won't tell you how it
> works.
> (10:55:48 PM) Travis: their format, I mean
> (10:55:51 PM) Chris: I can watch it another way
> (10:55:56 PM) Chris: let me see if the other way works
> (10:56:51 PM) Travis: You know, when I want to view something on the
> computer, I want the content contained within the file, not the file
> format
> (10:57:01 PM) Chris: what did the slideshow have to do with astronauts
> being in love?
> (10:57:08 PM) Travis: I dunno
> (10:57:40 PM) Chris: gmail has an option to view the slideshow as html,
> but it's awful, won't work
> (10:58:24 PM) Travis: With open source, I am able to view the content
> [of the open source file format] to the fullest on whatever OS I choose,
> even Windows
> (10:59:41 PM) Travis: I will NEVER go back to that company, because
> that's what they did to me, They have their stupid file formats, and
> then I can't choose what OS I want to view the content of the file in.
> [I had music foolishly encoded into WMA format. If I don't use Windows,
> it won't play. What a concept! It must rake in big bucks! Lots o' money!
> Oh yes! More money for M$!]
> (11:01:08 PM) Travis: That company [Microsoft, again] has roaches,
> slime, and proprietary crud everywhere