Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-19 Thread John Leonard
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Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread George Dell
10:34 PM Subject: Re: Another try to get a response George Dell wrote: Hello, I am instructor who regularly starts people on the Gnumeric path. But there is a recurring problem which strikes at the very growth potential of this wonderful open-source product. I want to thank all those who

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: George Dell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: gnumeric-list@gnome.org Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Another try to get a response George Dell wrote: Hello, I am instructor who regularly starts people on the Gnumeric path. But there is a recurring

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Lutz Müller
On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, George Dell wrote: In going to the web page Getting Gnumeric the new, excited, but unknowledgeable potential user is confronted with an immediate technospeak problem. You are probably expecting something like http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en? Regards Lutz

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 20:30 +0100, Lutz Müller wrote: On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, George Dell wrote: In going to the web page Getting Gnumeric the new, excited, but unknowledgeable potential user is confronted with an immediate technospeak problem. You are probably expecting

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread John Machin
On 19/11/2008 04:42, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 09:34 -0800, George Dell wrote: Hello Adrian, Thank you for engaging me on this issue. While I am a deep believer in “freedom” as you mention it – I also need to be able to have people (who understand none of the

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread John Machin
On 19/11/2008 06:39, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 20:30 +0100, Lutz Müller wrote: On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, George Dell wrote: In going to the web page Getting Gnumeric the new, excited, but unknowledgeable potential user is confronted with an immediate technospeak

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 07:43 +1100, John Machin wrote: On 19/11/2008 06:39, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 20:30 +0100, Lutz Müller wrote: On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, George Dell wrote: In going to the web page Getting Gnumeric the new, excited, but unknowledgeable

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread John Leonard
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Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Leonard Mada
Dear all, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 14:07 -0800, John Leonard wrote: I am inclined to agree with you on this issue. The problem as I see it is that the open source community consists of a lot of fantastically clever programmers, but few designers and even fewer

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, John Machin wrote: On 19/11/2008 04:42, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 09:34 -0800, George Dell wrote: Thank you for engaging me on this issue. While I am a deep believer in freedom as you mention it I also need to be able to have people (who

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-18 Thread Jean Bréfort
There are a few essential points that were not addressed in this thread. The fact that we do not ship any 1.8.x version compiled for MS-Windows is because we are still facing major issues. At least, print preview and contextual help don't work. When we have a decent windows version, then we can

Another try to get a response

2008-11-17 Thread George Dell
Hello, I am instructor who regularly starts people on the Gnumeric path. But there is a recurring problem which strikes at the very growth potential of this wonderful open-source product. I want to thank all those who are so dedicated to this project. It has been a boon to my students, My

Re: Another try to get a response

2008-11-17 Thread Adrian Custer
George Dell wrote: Hello, I am instructor who regularly starts people on the Gnumeric path. But there is a recurring problem which strikes at the very growth potential of this wonderful open-source product. I want to thank all those who are so dedicated to this project. It has been a boon