Resending, with CC to OP. 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. Crossposting will make this worse, i hope you have a flameproof suit? 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]
