Re: [plug] London Stock Exchange Goes Down Due to Microsoft Network Failure

2008-09-09 Thread Orlando Andico
I would not be so hasty as to ascribe the LSE failure to Windows. I'm almost certain the problem was in a subsystem (probably in clustering or garbage collection) and not the OS itself. Windows actually has a huge footprint in financial services worldwide -- name any financial services company,

Re: [plug] London Stock Exchange Goes Down Due to Microsoft Network Failure

2008-09-09 Thread Jerome Gotangco
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Orlando Andico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would not be so hasty as to ascribe the LSE failure to Windows. I agree although the problem, especially with media is that the Windows operating system is the easiest to blame (much to the dismay of MS). -- Jerome

Re: [plug] PLUG I.T. Expo Participation Reminder

2008-09-09 Thread Luisito G. Trinidad
please send me the link tnx regards On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Pablo Manalastas [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Mabuhay ang PLUG! Let's help Gabby Mercado keep PLUG alive! Let's support him by showing up at the PLUG booth of the IT Expo. Mayroon bang entrance fee? Pablo Manalastas *** ---

Re: [plug] PLUG I.T. Expo Participation Reminder

2008-09-09 Thread Winelfred G. Pasamba
Sir Gabriel i can't bring my LCD projector because the vga port stopped working. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends, Am reminding everyone once again re PLUG's participation in the I.T. Expo 2008 (Sep. 30 to Oct. 2, 2008). As I had

Re: [plug] PLUG I.T. Expo Participation Reminder

2008-09-09 Thread Eric Sequerra
wow that's good news... finally!!! see you soon brother PLUGS hehehe From: Pablo Manalastas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:13 PM To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List plug@lists.linux.org.ph Subject: Re:

[plug] Openoffice and Mail Merge

2008-09-09 Thread Mark David Dumlao
Has anyone ever, ever, ever gotten Openoffice mail merge to work? What version of openoffice does it work on and how do you do it? Is there any good free software mail merge alternative? Mail Merge (aka Form Letters) Feature that allows a single template document to produce a large number of

Re: [plug] London Stock Exchange Goes Down Due to Microsoft Network Failure

2008-09-09 Thread Orlando Andico
Everybody loves the underdog (Linux). Also if you have a big footprint, you're more likely to have screwups. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Jerome Gotangco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Orlando Andico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would not be so hasty as to ascribe

Re: [plug] London Stock Exchange Goes Down Due to Microsoft Network Failure

2008-09-09 Thread thad
I think MS is mostly use there for front end apps and for back end its not surprising if its not in UNIX at all. Like NYSE its still the reliable old big iron, Tandem (not even IBM Mainframe). Marcel Marceau - Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Orlando

Re: [plug] Openoffice and Mail Merge

2008-09-09 Thread GOvvin
I've managed to get it to work once, made me realize how intuitive and convenient it was to do the same in MS Office. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Mark David Dumlao [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Has anyone ever, ever, ever gotten Openoffice mail merge to work? What version of openoffice does

Re: [plug] Openoffice and Mail Merge

2008-09-09 Thread GOvvin
Here, try this page: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/mail_merge_openoffice_org?page=0%2C0 On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:06 PM, GOvvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've managed to get it to work once, made me realize how intuitive and convenient it was to do the same in MS Office. On

Re: [plug] Openoffice and Mail Merge

2008-09-09 Thread GOvvin
Oh, and make sure you got OOo database installed even if you only intend to use Calc workbooks as data sources. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:40 PM, GOvvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here, try this page: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/mail_merge_openoffice_org?page=0%2C0 On Wed,

Re: [plug] Openoffice and Mail Merge

2008-09-09 Thread david t. asuncion, jr.
In the past, I have tried its mail merge wizard and it has always worked. But after reading this email, I tried it for myself to find out that what you just said is true. What JRE are you using for your OOo? AFAIK, mail merge and other OOo functions need Java to run. And one more thing, I