A refund for what? I am sure other forums would ignore your question too.
Peter. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Joseph Ssekandi <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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