Software is developing slowly..

What's holding us back? The monopolies? That doesn't explain why Unix is hardly any more advanced than Windows.

A topic on /b/ was joking about how you can rename a .doc filetype to .jpg and it will automatically be converted. Why isn't this so? Why hasn't Longhorn incorporated this? This is one of the SIMPLEST features that could have such a huge impact on ease of use.

But how is it that programs today have no more capabilities than those of 1995? When is this going to change?

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You completely miss the point and I am not sure what point you are trying to make.
I recommand that you re-read the example to understand why keeping the text editable is not required and importing from Word not an option.

You attack the argument that computer stuff should emulate the real world, but it is not an argument I held and I don't see how it is relevant to the debate.

All I said is that converting a DOC to a JPG involves too many steps. If you think anybody here is dumb enought not to know that a JPG is not editable with a rich text editor, you are wrong.