▲ 1221 ▼ ISO 26300 (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 11 months ago by nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children) To be fair, that's about all there was... Corels (?) WordPerfect was ass, for sure. Office 97 was freaking amazing. Although, I was a product of the time as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago I used Applix on Unix / Linux and it was fine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) sure, but computers are so much more than office suites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) I don't believe you /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) our lab computers ran novell netware, which definitely told me that microsoft wasn't all there was. but yeah, it definitely conditioned an entire generation into only understanding windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago To be fair, NetWare again was the product - microsoft didn't have anything worthy of respect until much later (and I can't remember if AD was any good in the early 2000s!) NT4s Lanmanager was rubbish - NetWare was light years ahead as a directory service. I'd argue the institutions simply had the right tools for the job. You are right about the hostile defaults / corpos getting into education to capture a generation, of course (and institutions want to be relevant to the market rather than to the principles or foundations, which is a shame) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago I used Applix on Unix / Linux and it was fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) sure, but computers are so much more than office suites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) I don't believe you /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) our lab computers ran novell netware, which definitely told me that microsoft wasn't all there was. but yeah, it definitely conditioned an entire generation into only understanding windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago To be fair, NetWare again was the product - microsoft didn't have anything worthy of respect until much later (and I can't remember if AD was any good in the early 2000s!) NT4s Lanmanager was rubbish - NetWare was light years ahead as a directory service. I'd argue the institutions simply had the right tools for the job. You are right about the hostile defaults / corpos getting into education to capture a generation, of course (and institutions want to be relevant to the market rather than to the principles or foundations, which is a shame) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) I don't believe you /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) our lab computers ran novell netware, which definitely told me that microsoft wasn't all there was. but yeah, it definitely conditioned an entire generation into only understanding windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago To be fair, NetWare again was the product - microsoft didn't have anything worthy of respect until much later (and I can't remember if AD was any good in the early 2000s!) NT4s Lanmanager was rubbish - NetWare was light years ahead as a directory service. I'd argue the institutions simply had the right tools for the job. You are right about the hostile defaults / corpos getting into education to capture a generation, of course (and institutions want to be relevant to the market rather than to the principles or foundations, which is a shame) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) our lab computers ran novell netware, which definitely told me that microsoft wasn't all there was. but yeah, it definitely conditioned an entire generation into only understanding windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago To be fair, NetWare again was the product - microsoft didn't have anything worthy of respect until much later (and I can't remember if AD was any good in the early 2000s!) NT4s Lanmanager was rubbish - NetWare was light years ahead as a directory service. I'd argue the institutions simply had the right tools for the job. You are right about the hostile defaults / corpos getting into education to capture a generation, of course (and institutions want to be relevant to the market rather than to the principles or foundations, which is a shame) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago To be fair, NetWare again was the product - microsoft didn't have anything worthy of respect until much later (and I can't remember if AD was any good in the early 2000s!) NT4s Lanmanager was rubbish - NetWare was light years ahead as a directory service. I'd argue the institutions simply had the right tools for the job. You are right about the hostile defaults / corpos getting into education to capture a generation, of course (and institutions want to be relevant to the market rather than to the principles or foundations, which is a shame) permalink fedilink source parent
