On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 12:07 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:
> Thank you Marc for saying that [below].
>
> The last time I had to rebuild a Windows computer, I had to spend 12+
> hours installing all 200+ updates that was needed to get the OS up-to-date.
>
> Yes, not any software works 100% the first time you use it. It takes
> work to fix anything you did not think of. Each person and system will
> find things that were not working properly on their systems BUT was
> working properly on the testing system. It is much easier to write a
> package that would be used on one system by a limited user base. That
> one system was what Mac did for all those years. Windows users and
> Linux users have used so many different hardware combinations, well
> things do not work well on every one. The same for users. We each have
> different needs and use the software differently. We may find an error
> that would never be found by a tester since that person did not try the
> way you, me, or others, decide to use the software.
>
> LO works well for me. It works well for others. Yes there are problems
> being worked on. Yes sometimes there are issues that can be
> frustrating. It was the same for me with office software before MS
> Office 95 came into being. It was the same with MSO 97, 200, 2003. It
> was the same with OpenOffice.org. It is the same with LO. I find that
> LO works better for me than any other office package that I have access
> to. The package is free. The people who are developing the code and
> fixing the bugs do not get paid for their work. They freely donate
> their time and skill doing things others would demand big money for.
>
> Nothing is perfect. But LO is free and it works well.
>
> 3.3.x works well and is stable.
> 3.4.0 is for those who want to try the "cutting edge" version of the
> software.
>
> I say thanks to everyone who have worked on making LO the best package
> it can be.
>
> If someone has any problems with this, well remember this email list is
> for solutions to problems and not ranting and raving on how bad you feel
> it is.
+1 Good point about testers not always trying my specific
combination of hardware and usage needs
On the Windows side I have 3.4.0 and have not run into any show
stoppers. On the Linux side 3.3.2 and again no show stoppers.
>
> On 06/09/2011 10:04 AM, Marc D. Demers wrote:
> > It's true that the French help package does not work but the English one
> > run perfectly. Those kind of problems are frequents with a free and open
> > source software. The 3.4 version has some glitches but the 3.3.2 is very
> > stable and has sufficents futures for the average user.
> >
> > Your infantile complaint remember me of some posts on others forums where
> > users think that everything run perfectly out of the box. No program can
> > give you this guarantee. Just think of all the update you install with any
> > system (Windows, OSX, Linux, etc.) free or commercial. So, stop complaint
> > and/or leave this forum.
> >
> > Marc Demers
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:06:02 -0400
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure
> >>
> >> On 6/9/2011 7:28 AM, Brian Gillespie wrote:
> >>>
> >>> My advice to you is to look for another program! This suite is full of
> >>> problems
> >>> and no where to find solutions. The more you look for solutions, the more
> >>> you
> >>> receive these idiotic e-mails from other users which don't help- just
> >>> load up
> >>> you mail. Delete the whole thing and look for another!
> >> I don't know what you are doing with LO that you find it so bad. I
> >> have used FREE OO.o since 1.1 and I use FREE LO 3.2 now. I have had only
> >> joy in using it. And joy in not having to give MS large sums of money.
> >>
> >> The help I have gotten from OO.o help and the help from the folks here
> >> is of better quality than the so called help I got from MS help package
> >> (only easy questions answered there) or from official and unofficial MS
> >> help sites.
> >>
> >> That said, if you don't like OO.o or LO, you should pay Microsoft their
> >> (exorbitant) fee for Office, which incidentally is not free of problems
> >> either. Please stop complaining about a free package that works well,
> >> has great help, and marvelous FREE mailing list for questions. And a few
> >> bugs.
> >>
> >> All that is required is that you understand that we are all volunteers.
> >> Volunteers write and maintain the code and distribute it for FREE, and
> >> volunteers provide FREE support for this FREE package.
> >>
> >> And you must understand that no software is bug free.
> >>
> >> Thanks to everyone who helps write, debug, distribute and support
> >> LibreOffice and who did the same for OO.o!
> >>
> >> David Teague
> >> Appreciative, long time user of OO.o and now user of LO
> >>
> >> <SNIP inquiry about why help isn't installed automatically>
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