Patrick, Yes I will . I intend to stay on this forum and until I get my "REFUND" :-) In full!
________________________________ From: Patrick Okui <[email protected]> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 2:10:32 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Excel blues I sug On 17 Mar, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Joseph Ssekandi wrote: > Paul, > I knew very well where I was posting and my first statements were profuse > apologies. > My main issue here is that instead of roundly dismissing anything non open > source, to the point of calling them silly(this really hurt), we could answer > them with open source answers. We don't offer M$ solutions, but we offer Open > Source answers to M$ problems! I challenge you all, ISN'T THAT THE MAIN SKILL > AREA REQUIRED OF ANY OPEN SOURCE CONSULTANT IN UGANDA AS OF NOW!!! Ability to > answer a clients challenges faced in M$ with Open Source solutions? Isn't > it????????????????????? > If we take my case in point, I posted Excel, someone/anyone on the list could > have answered with the OO version of the same. I would have gladly > appreciated. Someone still did help me out but using MySQL, but he couldn't > post the replies to the list despite the fact that they were very beautiful > ingenious, cleverly written MySQL statements!!!! Now I understand why, but I > don't agree that it is the right stand. Let people post their issues, but > solutions should simply be Open Source! Like I said, where we fail to provide > an Open Source solution to a M$, we then pick our lessons too. > Is that too hard? > > From: Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 10:27:06 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Excel blues > > This is a Linux users list. Occasionally, we will go off and talk about other > things. But we try to keep it centred around OSS issues. Now, asking Excel > questions arguably risks taking us too far off our core purpose, so I do > believe the comments were in order. The SNR > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio ) on this list is higher > than (say) that on i-network precisely because of this focus. I think most > people might like to keep it that way. For the greater good and so forth. > > Paul > A Ugandan. > > > On Mar 17, 2010, at 09:57, Joseph Ssekandi wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Personally I was stung by this rude dutchman's post below and I had decided >> to let it go only that a few interesting things have turned up. >> 1. This isn't the first mailing list I am subscribing to and all lists have >> a certain characteristic about them(rude, polite, helpful, strictly expert, >> talkers etc). I decided to find out about yours and guess what, no archives >> available at http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug !!! Where are your archives? >> 2. Just after this post, one of the list members contacted me offlist and we >> worked on this problem. Using MySQL!!!!!!! We created the database, exported >> the excel file I posted into a CSV and imported it into the database using >> the LOAD DATA INFILE command, when it reached there we wrote a number of >> beautiful SQL statements using order by, limit, multiple where clauses, >> creating subtables from queries and so on. We only stopped because on other >> Excel dedicated forums I had got the answers. >> SIMPLE LESSONS IN THIS: >> - Lets not be narrow minded, if a M$ problem comes up, we can solve it in >> Open source and hence indirectly convert the poster.If we can't atleast that >> will be a lesson learn. Lets not simply discard. If the list had kept an >> open mind, believe me, what happened off list would have been invaluable to >> any MySQL newbie. Throw in the experts, it would have been explosive. >> - Every forum has an elder, and many of them work hard to maintain that >> status. I was made to understand that this Victor fellow is highly respected >> on this forum but from such statements, its time you challenged his stand >> and question his other postings and views. They could be counter productive. >> >> Regards >> Joseph. >> >> From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> >> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> >> Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 9:38:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Excel blues >> >> Can we get these kind of silly excel questions of the list - this is >> linux/open source/unix list. There are plenty of excel/M$ lists in the >> world. >> >> Search and you will find. >> >> Victor >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Ssekandi >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Nope, no class assignment. >> > Trying to develop a system to beat the bookies :-) >> > If you look at both spreadsheets, you can see the trend. Now are you going >> > to help me? >> > >> > Regards >> > Joseph. >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> >> > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> >> > Cc: Joseph Ssekandi <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 10:52:15 AM >> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Excel blues >> > >> > If this is a class assignment, cheating is bad. >> > >> > Joseph Ssekandi wrote thus on 3/14/10 11:28 AM: >> >> OK guys, no offense meant whatsoever by asking for excel help but I am >> >> excel challenged and I seem not to have anywhere else to turn :-( >> >> In the the first file attached, is a sheet showing the 2006 Turkish >> >> league. Could you guys help in how I can fill out columns G, H, I, J? >> >> Remember, at one point a team is a home and another point the team is >> >> away. >> >> The computations should be consistent. >> >> In the second file, is payment record for 3 men to a loan shark over a >> >> given period. This morning, the loan shark received a payment of $2.25 but >> >> it wasn't marked from who. What is the probability that the payment was >> >> from >> >> Geronimo? What is the probability that the payment was from Herod? What is >> >> the probability that the payment was from Amon? >> >> Your kind help will be greatly appreciated >> >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> >> >> Joseph >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> LUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> >> attachments if any). 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