Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-27 Thread Kay Schenk
On 11/24/2014 11:00 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me nots

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-25 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Louis, Am 24.11.2014 um 20:00 schrieb Louis Suárez-Potts: Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Kay Schenk
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com: On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir r...@robweir.com wrote:

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me nots trod under history's sneakers. It's time that's been spent

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com: On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir r...@robweir.com wrote:

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Kay Schenk wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: Would be cool to do something like this: http://historyofbitcoin.org/ Yes, it would, and I think we have this timeline somewhere...I'll try to locate it. We used it for the end of year post on 31 Dec 2103:

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Kay Schenk
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir r...@robweir.com wrote: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself started as StarWriter, an

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir r...@robweir.com wrote: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Roberto Galoppini
2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com: On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir r...@robweir.com wrote: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-14 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 13/11/14 17:23, Malte Timmermann wrote: Hi Louis, On 28.10.2014 21:12, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi Malte, And you are right wrt many early developers working for Open-Xchange now :) Yes, and perhaps one day we’ll even see something (I joke; there is already something).

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-13 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Louis, On 28.10.2014 21:12, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi Malte, And you are right wrt many early developers working for Open-Xchange now :) Yes, and perhaps one day we’ll even see something (I joke; there is already something). Actually everyone can look at the demo version of App

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-28 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Louis, I am not interested in being interviewed in a podcast, but if you have specific questions, just let me know. Private email to my web.de account, as I don't follow the mails on the AOO/LO lists on a regular base, except for the security lists. And you are right wrt many early

Re: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-28 Thread Alphonso Whitfield III
Subject: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) On 27/10/2014 Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: When is the English language dictionary going to be fixed in the spell checker application? The English dictionary is not supposed to be fixed since it already works. If it doesn't work

RE: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
-inet.com] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 20:07 To: market...@openoffice.apache.org Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) Wrong answer.The end user should not have to fix anything it should work when the product is downloaded

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-28 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi Malte, On 2014-10 -28, at 04:22, Malte Timmermann malte_timmerm...@gmx.com wrote: Hi Louis, I am not interested in being interviewed in a podcast, but if you have specific questions, just let me know. Private email to my web.de account, as I don't follow the mails on the AOO/LO

RE: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) - OOPS

2014-10-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) There is no wrong answer here. The question is, do you want to fix your immediate problem, or are you willing to wait until there is something in the installer to destroy your profile every time you install an update, or something else? Andrea

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Malte! So, you do realize this is probably one of the very very few witness accounts we have of the origins of StarOffice? (later OpenOffice) ... and if you were to consent to writing more--or being interviewed in a podcast for more--we, or at least I, would be grateful... and better informed of

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Alphonso Whitfield III
- From: Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com To: marketing market...@openoffice.apache.org Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 1:57:48 PM Subject: Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary Malte! So, you do realize this is probably one of the very very few witness

English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-27 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 27/10/2014 Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: When is the English language dictionary going to be fixed in the spell checker application? The English dictionary is not supposed to be fixed since it already works. If it doesn't work for you, try resettin your user profile. There are plenty of

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Roberto Galoppini
2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir r...@robweir.com: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself started as StarWriter, an application

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir r...@robweir.com: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 2014-10 -24, at 11:15, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir r...@robweir.com: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite