On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Came this utterance formulated by Guru to my mailbox:
> What the hell people?! > > I want to update my version of Open Office, so I use the "check for > updates" feature. > > It's been running for a #$%^&* HOUR!!!! and it's still at only 50%! > (I have an extremely fast connection). > > I downloaded and installed the original version of open office faster > than this is working. what the hell's going on with your update > feature? is it designed to work as slow as dial-up speeds? > I hear your frustration. The update tool is a bit of a dog. It downloads the full version of OpenOffice.org anyway. Sounds like you got a slow or distant mirror. I recommend turning it off, subscribing to the announce mailing list and then waiting to be notified every time a new version comes out. The announce list only has one or two emails a month. By the way, it is not *my* update feature; I am a fellow user of the program as are ~90% of the people on this mailing list. So when you send a snotty email you are likely to get snotty replies, in triplicate, from happy users who are zealous in the defence of their baby. Anyone know how to work out which mirror he is using? -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
