After spending the last aggravating hour looking for
my windows reinstallation disk, I began wondering
if the billions that Gates is giving to charity is enough
to keep him from burning in hell.

Why is it that people are spending billions on
Microsoft and Office when Office 97 is no longer
even supported? Are people just stupid or is
Microsoft just evil? Why isnt Office 97 no longer
supported?

At the moment I happen to be relying on Office 97,
and it is not in the least bit comforting that Microsoft
no longer supports it.

I also know that Linux is the alternative to Microsoft
that would save people mountains of aggravation,
but since collectively people are morons or Microsoft
is incredibly evil, the vast majority of people are using
Microsoft. If Linux was the standard, people would
no longer have to worry that Office 97 was no longer
supported.

Do people enjoy having ulcers, Are people stupid?
And for how long will Bill Gates burn in hell?

Why should an almost 10 year old program (Office 97) still be supported?
10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years
in the non-computer world. Find me anything in the price range of Office
97 that is still being maintained & supported 100 years later.
It's not Microsoft's fault, if you can't keep any order in your stuff
and can't find your Windows disk. You should have taken better care of
what you bought.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"Tom" wrote in message
:

After spending the last aggravating hour looking for
my windows reinstallation disk, I began wondering
if the billions that Gates is giving to charity is enough
to keep him from burning in hell.

Why is it that people are spending billions on
Microsoft and Office when Office 97 is no longer
even supported? Are people just stupid or is
Microsoft just evil? Why isnt Office 97 no longer
supported?

At the moment I happen to be relying on Office 97,
and it is not in the least bit comforting that Microsoft
no longer supports it.

I also know that Linux is the alternative to Microsoft
that would save people mountains of aggravation,
but since collectively people are morons or Microsoft
is incredibly evil, the vast majority of people are using
Microsoft. If Linux was the standard, people would
no longer have to worry that Office 97 was no longer
supported.

Do people enjoy having ulcers, Are people stupid?
And for how long will Bill Gates burn in hell?

10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim - ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

I thought I was being conservative with 10 = 100 years.
Let's try the following: According to Moore's Law, the transistor
density of semiconductor chips doubles roughly every 18 months. It has
been mostly true (for 41 years now). For more details on it and the
argument about it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

That means in the 10 year time-span, chip power has increased roughly by
a factor of 2^6.6 or 97. If you take Moore's Law as an indicator for
innovation in the computer industry, name me some other industry that
has become almost 100 times better/faster/more efficient (in other words
more innovative) within 10 years.
Let me give you a comparison:
The first real rocket (the German V2) had a speed of around four times
the speed of sound (when dropping from its top altitude). That's roughly
1361 m/s. The highest speed attained by a manned vehicle is 11.080 m/s
(Apollo 10). That's a factor 8 increase. The first successful V2 launch
was in 1942. Apollo 10 was in 1969. Hence we have a factor 8 increase
over 27 years. That means over 27 years, the annual factor was 1.08. The
18 month factor was 1.3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10

We can take this even further. The fastest Wright brothers flight on the
day of the first flight (December 17, 1903) was 279 meters in 59
seconds. That's 4.7 m/s. Compared to Apollo 10, we have a factor of 2357
over 66 years. So we got that factor over 44 * 18 months. If you do the
math, then you get a factor of 1.2 every 18 months.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers

If we use the 19 month factor of 1.3, we end up with around 26 years.

But let's look at today. In 2006, Apollo 10 is still the fastest manned
vehicle. So we get 103 years with a 2357 factor. That's an 18 month
factor of 1.11985. To get a factor of 97, we now need 40 years.

This is the best case example I could find.

The picture looks much bleaker if you look at land speed record. The
first car Gottlieb Daimler built in 1885 reached 12 km/h. The land speed
record is 1.228 km/h (1997). That's a factor of 102 over 112 years. I
would argue that most industries innovate at that pace.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler
http://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0127_6.htm

"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
:

10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim - ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.

If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age doesn't
matter. Neither does official support - every known problem should be in
Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't (or can't be found) can
be found in forums such as this - no need to bother with Microsoft - they'll
probably get it wrong anyway.

Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to upgrade from
older products - actually, it's not even on my list of reasons to upgrade.

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"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
...
10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim - ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.


If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age doesn't
matter. Neither does official support - every known problem should be in
Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't (or can't be found) can
be found in forums such as this - no need to bother with Microsoft - they'll
probably get it wrong anyway.

Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to upgrade from
older products - actually, it's not even on my list of reasons to upgrade.
Good question. The OP apparently can't live without MS support for his
Office 97. My argument was solely about the support, not whether the
product is still usable/useful for the user.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net



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"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
...
10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim - ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

OK, so where do I purchase my Office 97 disk
to install the damn program on my computer?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ...
I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.

If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age doesn't
matter. Neither does official support - every known problem should be in
Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't (or can't be found) can
be found in forums such as this - no need to bother with Microsoft - they'll
probably get it wrong anyway.

Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to upgrade from
older products - actually, it's not even on my list of reasons to upgrade.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
...
10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim - ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

eBay.

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After furious head scratching, Tom asked:

| OK, so where do I purchase my Office 97 disk
| to install the damn program on my computer?
|
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
|| I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.
||
|| If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age
|| doesn't matter. Neither does official support - every known problem
|| should be in Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't
|| (or can't be found) can be found in forums such as this - no need to
|| bother with Microsoft - they'll probably get it wrong anyway.
||
|| Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to
|| upgrade from older products - actually, it's not even on my list of
|| reasons to upgrade.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||
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|| "Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
|| ...
|||| 10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100
|||| years in the non-computer world.
|||
||| Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim
||| - ten years equals a hundred years.
|||
||| Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

If you are so set on using it instead of one of the newer versions (I can
think of a multitude of real reasons for upgrading to them) then try eBay if
you didn't take care not to lose your disks - or ask a friend for his disks.
You could look on file shares but pirates rarely bother with the old crap -
they want the new stuff that is worth having.

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"Tom" wrote in message
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OK, so where do I purchase my Office 97 disk
to install the damn program on my computer?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.

If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age
doesn't
matter. Neither does official support - every known problem should be in
Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't (or can't be found)
can
be found in forums such as this - no need to bother with Microsoft -
they'll
probably get it wrong anyway.

Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to upgrade
from
older products - actually, it's not even on my list of reasons to
upgrade.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
...
10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100 years
in
the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim -
ten
years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.

Aloha Tom,

Why on earth would you want to do that? If you're going to purchase new
disks why wouldn't you purchase a considerably better suite of applications
which, not coincidentally, are also still officially supported?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

OK, so where do I purchase my Office 97 disk
to install the damn program on my computer?
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...

I'm curious as to how it applies to office 97.

If the program works for the user, on the users equipment, it's age
doesn't matter. Neither does official support - every known problem
should be in Google by now and assistance for the few that aren't (or
can't be found) can be found in forums such as this - no need to
bother with Microsoft - they'll probably get it wrong anyway.

Availability of support from MS is low on my list of reasons to
upgrade from older products - actually, it's not even on my list of
reasons to upgrade.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
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"Rose Madder" RoseMadder at Gmail.com wrote in message
...

10 years in the computer world is the equivalent of at least 100
years in the non-computer world.

Where do you get these statistics? Just curious. It's quite a claim
- ten years equals a hundred years.

Not that I'm supporting the OP's silly diatribe, mind you.