Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-06-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (30-05-11 11:41) Le 29/05/11 20:43, Cor Nouws a écrit : Well, some weeks (ago?) I've seen passing some discussion about this (not followed details). The devil is in the detail :-)) Well, there are a lot of interesting details below. But do they really

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-06-01 Thread Richard
Yes, Zed, but that DOES NOT WORK!! -Original Message- From: Zed [mailto:z...@zed.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:22 AM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation Richard rich...@hornick.us wrote: HELP!!! I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
this helps! Good luck and regards from Tom :) From: Richard rich...@hornick.us To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 31 May, 2011 17:49:19 Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation Yes, Zed, but that DOES NOT WORK

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-31 Thread Zed
Richard rich...@hornick.us wrote: HELP!!! I am receiving 20 and more emails daily. I have tried many, many times to unsubscribe with NO SUCCESS. PLEASE give me an email, land line, snail mail address, or phone number where I can UNSUBSCRIBE. The following appears at the bottom of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-31 Thread John Bijnens
I'm getting tired of these Linux versus Windows discussions. Let's say that both platforms have their advantages and their disadvantages. So far the discussions here haven't produced much useful information. As for stability. On my systems OpenOffice is much more stable than LibreOffice. I don't

Re: unsubscribing (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation)

2011-05-31 Thread Mike Scott
On 31/05/11 07:22, Zed wrote: Richardrich...@hornick.us wrote: HELP!!! I am receiving 20 and more emails daily. I have tried many, many times to unsubscribe with NO SUCCESS. PLEASE give me an email, land line, snail mail address, or phone number where I can UNSUBSCRIBE. The

Re: unsubscribing (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation)

2011-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
m...@scottsonline.org.uk To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 31 May, 2011 8:34:14 Subject: Re: unsubscribing (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation) On 31/05/11 07:22, Zed wrote: Richardrich...@hornick.us wrote: HELP!!! I am receiving 20 and more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-31 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 31/05/11 7:27 PM, John Bijnens wrote: I'm getting tired of these Linux versus Windows discussions. Let's say that both platforms have their advantages and their disadvantages. So far the discussions here haven't produced much useful information. As for stability. On my systems OpenOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-31 Thread Roland Hughes
Well said! I find this attitude most pervasive in the Ubuntu crowd, but it exists to some extent with all distributions. When you get into the management of companies, especially companies with 5 PCs yet name a Director of IT, the we don't pay for nuthin' attitude is even policy. I have donated

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/05/11 20:43, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, Well, some weeks (ago?) I've seen passing some discussion about this (not followed details). The devil is in the detail :-)) But to me it looks as a misinterpretation. - yes, support contracts are important, because also that generates

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com ha scritto: Ultimately, it is not merely the remarks that Michael made, that I may, or may not, have misinterpreted. As I mentioned, it transpires from other mailing lists, the dev irc channel,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/30/2011 08:38 AM, Gianluca Turconi wrote: Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com ha scritto: Ultimately, it is not merely the remarks that Michael made, that I may, or may not, have misinterpreted. As I mentioned, it transpires

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 30 May, 2011 14:45:31 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation On 05/30/2011 08:38 AM, Gianluca Turconi wrote: Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-29 3:58 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: An example : can anyone point me to a webpage from the Foundation or the LibreOffice.org site where it clearly states that LibreOffice is not intended for business use or that if you are a business you should buy support ? No, because there

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (30-05-11 11:41) Le 29/05/11 20:43, Cor Nouws a écrit : Well, some weeks (ago?) I've seen passing some discussion about this (not followed details). The devil is in the detail :-)) [...] Thanks for finding those ;-) I'm to occupied with obligations and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Roland Hughes
It's a common cultural problem in the OpenSource community. Everyone thinks they deserve all software for free, but if you have a company or business email address you should spend all of your money so that they can continue to have free software. It doesn't matter what OpenSource operating

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 2:53 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:34 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-05-29 3:58 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: An example : can anyone point me to a webpage from the Foundation or the LibreOffice.org site where it clearly states that LibreOffice is not

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Richard
[mailto:pub...@letturefantastiche.com] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 8:38 AM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com ha scritto: Ultimately

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/30/2011 03:46 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-05-30 2:53 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:34 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-05-29 3:58 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: An example : can anyone point me to a webpage from the Foundation or the LibreOffice.org site where it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 5:22 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 05/30/2011 03:46 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-05-30 2:53 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:34 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: It's a common cultural problem in the OpenSource community. Everyone thinks they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi guys, .. wrote (30-05-11 23:36) On 2011- ... On 05/30 ... On 2011-05- ... On Mon, 2011-05- ... With due respect to all you opinions, knowledge, smart wordings etc, etc ... but how many new features, maked as fixed bugs, or new bugs could you have tested in the mean time? Or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 31/05/11 1:45 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 05/30/2011 08:38 AM, Gianluca Turconi wrote: Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com ha scritto: Ultimately, it is not merely the remarks that Michael made, that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/30/2011 08:16 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 31/05/11 1:45 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 05/30/2011 08:38 AM, Gianluca Turconi wrote: Hello Alex, In data 30 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:41:51, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com ha scritto: Ultimately, it is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread NoOp
On 05/30/2011 08:10 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: ... ramble, ramble, ramble. to tired to think straight. maybe tomorrow I will be able to say it better. my head hurts too much right now to thing straightly on this subject. Agree. -- Unsubscribe instructions:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread plino
Excellent post, Alexander. I agree that it is essential to have written rules of what to expect and what not to expect from a project. I totally disagree with LO's philosophy of Even if we broke something we might not fix it but it is better to know that than for users to complain and demand

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 29 May, 2011 8:58:24 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation Le 28/05/11 09:57, t...@iafrica.com a écrit : Hi, Thanks Alex Appreciate your thoughts.. Does that mean I have to buy special support to correct bugs in a released

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alexander, Alexander Thurgood wrote (29-05-11 09:58) - if you want enterprise stability in LibreOffice, the advice I have been given and told to disseminate is to take out a support contract with one of the more general enterprise support providers (Novell, Suse, RedHat, Ubuntu ?, others ?)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-28 Thread timi
Thanks Alex Appreciate your thoughts.. Does that mean I have to buy special support to correct bugs in a released version of LibO? If then you might as well cut the hype about open system and charge licence fee's like MS at least then we might get an Impress that basically works.