Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! Thanks :)) I did eventual post a fairly long response but your shorter suggestion would be a better one to add and it's more likely that people would read it. The main one that is freaking me out is the extremely lengthy MS post which i probably wont even reach. Most of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 27/02/14 22:56, Jay Lozier wrote: Note Office XP is scheduled to be unsupported in the near future. Office XP has been out of support for two years. Office 2003 is going out of support this year (April). That means companies and people moving to Office 2010 at the least, which I'm sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Jonathon
On February 28, 2014 12:28:26 AM PST, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Office XP has been out of support for two years. Office 2003 is going out of support this year (April). That means companies and people moving to Office 2010 at the least, That is the scenario that Microsoft wants The bean

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 28/02/14 09:04, Jonathon wrote: On February 28, 2014 12:28:26 AM PST, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Office XP has been out of support for two years. Office 2003 is going out of support this year (April). That means companies and people moving to Office 2010 at the least, That is

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Walther Koehler
Hi Tom, my comment would be: Shouldnt we speak a common language? when talking to your government, would you like to be forced to speak a certain dialect and even pay for that? And the dialect is changing once and again without notice by the people, who are charging you. As our English is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) it would be really superb if people could start on the last page and work their way towards the front to answer questions or dispel blatant FUD. I have a feeling that MS fanboys are going to appear any moment. There are some comments where things are a little wrong or possibly just a bit

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I like Walther's and Jonathon's suggestions. You guys still have time to register and post them yourselves. If you are not Uk-resident and not English then i think you can still have your say. you still have an hour or so to do this! :) Gordon's point, building on his previous post is

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread James Wilde
On 2014-02-28 14:18, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I like Walther's and Jonathon's suggestions. You guys still have time to register and post them yourselves. If you are not Uk-resident and not English then i think you can still have your say. you still have an hour or so to do this! :) Not

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Jim Seymour
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:12:13 +0100 Walther Koehler w.koeh...@onlinemed.de wrote: [snip] As our English is a free and open standard independent of company interests so it should be on the technical level of communication. [snip] Brilliantly-put, Walther! May I have your permission to use

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread James Wilde
Hadn't got that far, Tom. I hit the barrier at registering and didn't go any further. James On 2014-02-28 16:22, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Give us the link to the post you want to reply to and the comment you wish to make and hopefully someone here can post it for you (e, and take the

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Walther Koehler
Hi Jim sure you and anybody can use it - with no license fees :-) Walther Am Freitag, 28. Februar 2014 schrieb Jim Seymour: On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:12:13 +0100 Walther Koehler w.koeh...@onlinemed.de wrote: [snip] As our English is a free and open standard independent of company

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's ok James. Plenty of people did make good comments and it was difficult to find something new to say when dealing with some of the FUD. The whole thing has just closed while i was halfway through editing one of my own comments but i was only tidying it up a little anyway. I didn't get

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I like the way you can swap-out English and replace with almost any language to make it more apt for other situations too. The last comment at the end of the consultation had more FUD but there was no time to refute it. It was interesting that MS fanboys didn't wade in. Well over 90% of

[libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Aaarrrgh. I've been busily trying to deal with the FUD or ill-informed comments on the UK Govs proposal to set ODF, and only ODF as standard format for editable word-processed documents. But this one is such a long comment that i find it difficult to summarise or deal with at all!

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-27 Thread Jay Lozier
Tom The author does not acknowledge there are many applications that can properly interpret ODF formats. Several of these applications are free. I would point out with links if possible the main download pages for LO, AOO, and Calligra. The cost of using obtaining any these is $0 (US