Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-19 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Hi Cassio, Cassio Neri wrote: Hi Jurgen. ok, lets assume that OOo Calc would become viable, the issues would be fixed and the missing features would be implemented. What do you think would people really think about a shift from Excel to Calc or is it more hypothetical. I mean is there really

Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-19 Thread Cassio Neri
Hi Juergen and Björn, sophisticated mathematical models - costly comutations - did you have thought about grid computing, computing power on demand and highly scalable. In short you can prepare a job containg the stuff needed to do your calculations. Transfer it on the grid and run it. Data

Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-19 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Cassio Neri wrote: Hi Juergen and Björn, sophisticated mathematical models - costly comutations - did you have thought about grid computing, computing power on demand and highly scalable. In short you can prepare a job containg the stuff needed to do your calculations. Transfer it on the grid

Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Cassio Neri
Hi Jurgen. ok, lets assume that OOo Calc would become viable, the issues would be fixed and the missing features would be implemented. What do you think would people really think about a shift from Excel to Calc or is it more hypothetical. I mean is there really interest to move to an open

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Andreas Saeger
Cassio Neri wrote: One intention (among others) of my previous messages was to propose a solution for our major problem. By doing so, OOo Calc will make one step to become a viable option for very important applications we have in financial markets. I'm very sorry to say that currently only

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Björn Michaelsen
Am Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:49:49 +0100 schrieb Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de: Cassio Neri wrote: One intention (among others) of my previous messages was to propose a solution for our major problem. By doing so, OOo Calc will make one step to become a viable option for very important

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Andreas Saeger
Björn Michaelsen wrote: There is absolutely no reason for this ad-hominem. Financial markets are generally a very conservative business: There are enough fake arguments being thrown around to prevent adoption of open solutions. This is why I find it really delightful that Cassio Neri takes his

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Björn Michaelsen
Am Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:12:43 +0100 schrieb Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de: [...] Nobody has ever been fired for using Microsoft (and the money remains on the right side of the fence). Thats totally offtopic here on d...@openoffice.org. Best Regards, Bjoern Michaelsen

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-18 Thread Andreas Saeger
Björn Michaelsen wrote: Am Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:12:43 +0100 schrieb Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de: [...] Nobody has ever been fired for using Microsoft (and the money remains on the right side of the fence). Thats totally offtopic here on d...@openoffice.org. Best Regards, Bjoern

[dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-17 Thread Andreas Saeger
Just like in Excel, when automatic calculation is off, F9 calculates all dirty cells which would have been calculated if automatic calculation had been on. A dirty cell has a formula which depends on a modified input argument. Ctrl+Shift+F9 recalculates all cells in the whole document. Same as

Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-17 Thread Cassio Neri
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de wrote: Just like in Excel, when automatic calculation is off, F9 calculates all dirty cells which would have been calculated if automatic calculation had been on. A dirty cell has a formula which depends on a modified input

Re: [dev] Re: OpenOffice Calc in the Financial Markets.

2009-11-17 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Cassio Neri wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de wrote: Just like in Excel, when automatic calculation is off, F9 calculates all dirty cells which would have been calculated if automatic calculation had been on. A dirty cell has a formula which depends