Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread Stan Goodman
On 08/07/2011 06:05 AM, soumalya ray wrote: not only US govt;even indian govt organisations forces users to use MS product.though obviously US is a much bigger cat. for example,during my post-graduate entrance exam form filling up,the site ( www.aiimsexams.org) told me that only IE is

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread soumalya ray
actually in india very few govt agency check their email,if any. but you are right,they could have made it impossible On 7 August 2011 13:46, Stan Goodman stan.good...@hashkedim.com wrote: On 08/07/2011 06:05 AM, soumalya ray wrote: not only US govt;even indian govt organisations forces users

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
of the differences between a file-browser, web-browser, Word, IE or Ram. Regards from Tom :) From: soumalya ray drsouma...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 7 August, 2011 9:48:31 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
: Saturday, August 06, 2011 00:26 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On 08/06/2011 06:25 AM, planas wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 08/07/2011 04:16 AM, Stan Goodman wrote: On 08/07/2011 06:05 AM, soumalya ray wrote: not only US govt;even indian govt organisations forces users to use MS product.though obviously US is a much bigger cat. for example,during my post-graduate entrance exam form filling up,the site (

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread soumalya ray
ideally it should have been browser independent,but it is not so. the reason--frankly speaking,I don't know.your guess is as good as mine. On 7 August 2011 16:12, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 08/07/2011 04:16 AM, Stan Goodman wrote: On

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-07 Thread planas
Hi On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 06:42 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 08/07/2011 04:16 AM, Stan Goodman wrote: On 08/07/2011 06:05 AM, soumalya ray wrote: not only US govt;even indian govt organisations forces users to use MS product.though obviously US is a much bigger

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread Stan Goodman
On 08/06/2011 06:25 AM, planas wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big budget cuts. One would be replace all the MS stuff with open source software. If the united states government, or the government

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread Tom Davies
Tom :) From: planas jsloz...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 6 August, 2011 4:25:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread soumalya ray
] There goes Open-Source in the White House On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big budget cuts. One would be replace all the MS stuff with open source software. If the united states government

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
. Regards from Tom :) From: planasjsloz...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 6 August, 2011 4:25:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread Tom Davies
better discussed on a different list. Regards from Tom :) From: planasjsloz...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 6 August, 2011 4:25:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On Fri, 2011-08

RE: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
be surprised to see this change under the current White House occupant. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Stan Goodman [mailto:stan.good...@hashkedim.com] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 00:26 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread planas
August, 2011 14:17:58 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On 08/06/2011 07:43 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, hence the use of TCO (=Total Cost of Ownership). Macs usually have a much lower TCO than MS because systems are less prone to malware

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-06 Thread soumalya ray
...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 6 August, 2011 4:25:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big budget

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Onyeibo Oku
Is this for real? This is terrible news - from twohot@device.mobile :) -Original Message- From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:39:47 To: LibreO - Users

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are other countries in the world and not all of them follow the US slavishly. It's not the government, it's just a government. Many other countries push OpenSource or at least non-MS, sometimes just because they don't see any need to make a foreign company richer, sometimes to

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Stan Goodman
On 08/05/2011 02:39 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The new chief information officer for the federal government - White House Chief of Information Technology - is a former Microsoft Executive [and assistant to Bill Gates]. Since all these big wigs in Microsoft get large

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
, 2011 13:26:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House On 08/05/2011 02:39 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The new chief information officer for the federal government - White House Chief of Information Technology - is a former Microsoft

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
How real it is and going to become depends on the new Chief of Technology. Here is the article about the naming of the new Chief. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/technology/white-house-picks-new-information-chief.html?_r=3ref=technology

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Don C. Myers
Well said Stan. On 08/05/2011 08:26 AM, Stan Goodman wrote: On 08/05/2011 02:39 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The new chief information officer for the federal government - White House Chief of Information Technology - is a former Microsoft Executive [and assistant to

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Cloyd
Thanks, Tom, for this hope-inducing update. Fascinating! Tom C. On 08/05/2011 06:08 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There are other countries in the world and not all of them follow the US slavishly. It's not the government, it's just a government. Many other countries push OpenSource or at

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread upscope
On Friday, August 05, 2011 05:26:54 AM Stan Goodman wrote: On 08/05/2011 02:39 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The new chief information officer for the federal government - White House Chief of Information Technology - is a former Microsoft Executive [and assistant to

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread planas
Tom and all On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 13:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There are other countries in the world and not all of them follow the US slavishly. It's not the government, it's just a government. Many other countries push OpenSource or at least non-MS, sometimes just

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread toki
On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big budget cuts. One would be replace all the MS stuff with open source software. If the united states government, or the government of the united kingdom ruled today that effective 1 January 2012, only FLOSS may be used

Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

2011-08-05 Thread planas
On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:53 +, toki wrote: On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote: our government is looking for big budget cuts. One would be replace all the MS stuff with open source software. If the united states government, or the government of the united kingdom ruled today