[mythtv-users] OT: Why are people using Outlook etc. (was: Can't get remote control to work right)

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 01 July 2004 09:38, Cotter, Paul M. wrote:
> People use them because that's their company standard and they're
> using the company computers.
>
> That's my reason anyway.
>
> Paul

And I suppose top-posting is company standard as well? :-)

I have yet to encounter a corporate environment where I wasn't able to 
install, configure & use my own mail client and browser if I wanted to.  
Heck, unless you have absolutely *no* write access, you can always 
install some Mozilla variant, and it will work with the same proxy & 
mail configuration that Outlook uses.  AFAIK most of the Mozilla 
software installs into a single directory (i.e., no system DLLs are 
changed), so you don't need admin privileges on NT/2000/XP and 
uninstalling is as simple as deleting the directory if you're in a 
hurry.

That said, I'm sure there are cases where it's just not doable, but 
those cases, in my experience, are far fewer than most people think.

-JAC


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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of J. Donavan
> Stanley Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:27 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Can't get remote control to work right
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> Andy Long wrote:
> >I am having major trouble getting my remote control to work right. 
> > I am using the grey PVR-250 remote and set it up according to
> > Jarod's guide http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc  I am
> > also using the configuration file he provided for that remote.  I
> > am using Fedora Core 1, MythTV 0.15.1
>
> Don't start a new thread by replying to an existing one.  For a large
> number of people your post is now buried under the nVidia driver
> thread since we use real mail clients.
>
> On a side note:  Why do people who are smart enough to install Linux
> and use Myth continue to use things like outlook and explorer when
> there are clearly better alternatives out there for free?
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