On 11/2/05, Randomthots <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marco Fioretti wrote: > > > Randomthots <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>Out of consideration for all the poor slobs living in technologically > >>underdeveloped countries > > > > The poor slobs will be delighted of your kind attitude. In any case, > > I have explicitly mentioned several ADVANCED, very trendy use cases > > where one pays for byte. have you read my message? > > Yes, I read your message. Did you read the OP's message? Did you read > the responses? Did you take note of the direction and intent of the > responses? > > Let's review: > > The OP asked if it was possible to use Writer to edit e-mails in Outlook. > > Sophie Gautier advised him to use Thunderbird instead. This is the > typical OS evangelist response to any question mentioning the use of > Outlook or OE. However, it is totally non-responsive to the question > since a) Thunderbird's composition capabilities are about equal to > Outlook's, and b) you can't use Writer to edit emails for Thunderbird > either. > > Chuck replied with further explanation of why he wanted to use OOo with > Outlook (and why it needed to be Outlook). > > Then Paul *actually answered the question* !! (Unfortunately, the answer > is "No" and there's nothing OOo could do about it even in principle.) > > Then Michael Adams suggested using copy-and-paste, which would work, but > I would think it would be cumbersome for daily use. He also has the > honor of being the first to point out the "wrongness" of html email in > general. > > Then Shawn Quinn really tears into him. He doesn't even *try* to answer > the question, but merely gives him hell for even wanting to do what he > wants to do. > > Finally, Alexandro Colorado and Andrew Brown answer Shawn with a couple > of very good reasons to want to use Writer as an e-mail editor. > > Then you started this thread in reply to Alexandro's comment. > > > Now, here's the thing: One question, three useful replies, and twelve > (well, now thirteen <g>) more completely OT and completely unnecessary > messages mostly spawned by some arrogant responses concerning the > propriety of html e-mail!! > > And your point is that people should trim quotes??!! How about if some > people (not necessarily you) got off their high horses, stopped trying > to police the Internet, offered *helpful* responses when they felt > inclined to do so, and sat on their hands otherwise? Seems to me that > would save a few bucks for the poor pay-per-byte folks. > > -- > > Rod
Amen,. Rod. But seriously, this thread should have been *STARTED* on social@ - not discuss@, since it has absolutely nothing to do with OpenOffice.org or Open Source in general. -Chad Smith
