IT does revolve around typing memo's and browser internet on Google.
Well if you're talking IT alone, your right. Their world essentially revolves around servers: file/print, database, mail and web. Gee, Linux doesn't do *any* of that, right? As for the end users, a majority of their world *does* revolve around typing memos/e-mail, spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations. All of which OO handles quite well. Works could handle all that but M$ sold the non IT types that they needed the 90% of crap in MSOffice that people don't ever use.
Firefox not blocking popups? On what planet are you living? Any Mozilla based browser (Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 7.x) blocks popups quite nicely. Manages cookies too.
OCX... OCX!? You mean ActiveX, Microsofts great plan to deal with Java by giving it full and complete access to the OS/filesystem (no sandbox). That was bloody brilliant. Give every script kiddie access to the OS via IE/ActiveX.
Firefox is behind with CSS (cascading style sheets)? Well CSS is a W3 invention not M$, so if anything is wrong with CSS it it M$' implementation of it. Just like they've screwed with everything else that wasn't invented/bought/stolen by Micro$oft.
you are just talking about the BackOffice.
In the FrontOffice/UI, Office is just more than typing memo's. Just because people buy it and not use it to it's fullest capability, it doesn't mean its functionality is invalid by calling them crap.
that's like, calling car body panel is a crap. many of the car's features aren't necessary. Yet, they are there and you pay for them.
Firefox doesn't block popups. I am just telling you that it is a fact. It doesn't block 100%. I go to the drudgereport.com and i get popups. I have all the popup block option checked. I get popups. In IE, I have set drudgereport.com as untrusted site, where Javascript isn't launched.
What people decide to do with the OCX is their thing. Microsoft gave a powerful capabilty to its developers with OCX. Microsoft made is more secure but again, it's difficult if one is always in defensive mode. Therefore, i think Microsoft preemptively strike against the mal-coders.
Hey, if firefox can't do the CSS, and all the applications are developed with XSLT and doesn't display properly, firefox has a big problem. It is what it is. Firefox has a problem. Therefore, i know what sites i shouldn't go to when i use firefox, period.
LINUX = COMMUNIST