On 11/14/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Valid points. > > I work with "Chad's" all the time so I am used to it. Maybe I am just > more tolerant. I have to teach my daughter that the world is filled > with fools that don't like being proven they are wrong. There are > also the ones that are partially correct but think they are totally > correct. It is impossible to change these people. > > I don't agree that he doesn't offer some suggestions because I have > followed some of the links he has provided. I use the one for the > video of new MSO front end as an example.
Glad I could help. I actually find it strange that I am defending him some times. I appreciate your tolerance of me, and your defense of me as well. I think that a lot of this is much ado about nothing. And as much as anyone likes being the center of attention, I think all the Chad-bashing/Chad-defending noise is far more than anything I ever caused on my own. This is a list about OpenOffice.org, not me. Can we drop all this and get back to the task at hand? I mean, really, this whole thread should have taken place on Social@, if at all. After all, social@ was created to give me a "time out room" to make as much noise as I want, and not bother the big people while they do the important work. Or so the impression was to me at the time. To answer the OP's question about why I seem to defend MS first and OOo as an afterthought, I don't think that's what I do. But the impression may be there because I think most people on this list already know the virtues of OpenOffice.org, and don't need me to tell them about it. A lot of people on this list are Linux-only or close enough to it, that the majority of their info about MS comes from Slash-dot, Groklaw, and other "Fair and Balanced" unbiased news sources like that. And one of the problems I have with Slashdot is that people just read the comments, and never actually go to the orginial article. Anyway, my point is people don't need me to defend or even promote OOo on these lists. Everyone who reads these lists (discuss, marketing, social, etc.) their pretty much sold on OOo anyway. It would be pointless for me to cheerlead them into using OOo, since they already do. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
