>And the software is so out of date. Rather than having menus and selecting from them with a mouse the user has to key in queries such as "How many employees are online?" and "Delete file SECRETS.HGF". Then the message "Delete file SECRETS.HGF?" appears, flashing and beeping, to which you have to type "yes" (which always takes half a minute, by the way). I used to think the US was technologically advanced, now I know the rest of thew world is way ahead of you.

You can say what you want, but you can't beat Hollywood's Law Of Download Speed:

"Download will last ten seconds, regardless of speed of equipment shown, size of the file and means of communication"

and its correction for special cases

"When the download is to be interrupted by a villain, it will take forever and then some, regardless of the visible onscreen thermometer, and will most likely be interrupted"