In news:[email protected], Rob Smith <[email protected]> typed: > I have never seen so many so-called adults whining like > bullied kids over a subject that, in the greater scheme > of the next Millenia doesn't mean squat! I used to use a > KayPro 16 to compute on, and even accessed a BBS with it > using a 9600 Baud modem. Would I do so today because > that's how it used to be done? Not a chance! > > Most of the younger folks I know (I'm a dinosaur at > almost 60) top post by default, because in a Microsoft > world, that is what they learned. Right, wrong, or > indifferent, it's the way things are today. If you want > to go back to the way things were done "in the good old > days," I hate to break it to you, but time always moves > forward, and the only constant is change. > > If you truly believe that limiting access to the Open > Source community only to folks who do things in one > particular way will grow that community, you might want > to get a reality check. If you think that all this > infighting will help the community grow, you are wrong. > If you cannot adapt and change today, you will be left in > the dust with the rest of computing's dinosaurs. > > After recently hearing a talk on LibreOffice at an Open > Source software conference, I decided to give it a try, > replacing the OpenOffice install that came standard on my > Ubuntu Linux LTS desktops. I joined this list in case I > would need some assistance with an issue. I have seen > more petty bickering on this one non-issue over the past > several days than I have seen people helped. > > I've always been led to believe that Open Source was all > about freedom, but there are some folks here who just > don't seem to give a damn about that, and their main > focus is to make sure that all the automatons do as they > are told. > > Unlike some, I DO know how to unsubscribe, and I also > know how to uninstall, both of which I am going to do! > There are other choices out there, and LibreOffice needs > users more then users need LibreOffice. THAT is the fact > Jack! > > GROW UP! > > -- > Rob Smith
LOL, I hope the door misses his ass on the way out! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
