Re: Thin clients

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Then you get my point better than I do, Eric.  This sort of confusion is 
not needed.  The feature set of these products has gone far beyond the 
needs of all but a very small set of users.  I could be convinced, if I 
were the boss, to tell IT to find a lower common denominator and stay 
with it.  No exceptions.



DeLong, Eric wrote:
> Booth, it's not the email that's the problem.  It's the attachments IN the email that do it.  Every major release of MS Office has introduced new file formats to support the new features in the products.  If you've never had to open MS Office documents attached to email, then I envy the you...  
>
> Around here, Excel seems to be the preferred tool for the users to punish the MIS department.  
> USER: My monthly sales don't match my quarter sales...  
> IT:	Where did your sales totals come from?
> USER: This Excel from Fred and that Excel from Jo...  Here, you figure it out...
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:23 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Thin clients
>
>
> If I were that boss I would just 'splain' "ain't going to happen".  I 
> understand your fear, but I will say that I have never installed any of 
> the MS Office applications and I have never received an e-mail I can't 
> open and read.  Never.
>
> I can see a case for browser plug-ins.  But again, I am just curious.  I 
> can understand a boss not really caring if employees don't have the 
> latest web plug-ins.
>
> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   
> > Booth, no man is an island.  Sure the user may not need the new feature. 
> > But the first time they get an email attachment that's in a new version of 
> > Word that they cannot open then they'll have to upgrade, regardless of 
> > whether or not they need those new features.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> >   
> >     
>
>