ok, that's your summary of LO; thanks!
what else did you pick up in these magazines ;-)
curiously wondering, yet -
believe it or not, one of my majors was mathematics; I
frustrated my professors by not be efficient in arithmetic ;-)
I did learn that I tended to agree with Samuel Langhorne
Clemens 'Mark Twain' -
"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of
them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often
apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned
lies and statistics."" [Mark Twain Autobiography]
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi :)
> My own personal recommendation is to move to a branch once it has reached
> .4 in the third figure. So at the moment that is 3.5.x but by December 9th
> it will be 3.6.4 wont it? The higher the number in that 3rd figure the
> more stable and less work it's likely to need.
>
> However my personal recommendation doesn't suit everyone and no-one should
> try to force everyone else to comply with their personal ideas. So, watch
> "The Life of Brian" and make up your own mind.
>
> When the new branch is 1st released there is a leap forwards in
> compatibility with MS formats and tons new features have been added. Also
> it's unlikely that people will find any problems or instabilities or
> anything like that because the release has undergone widespread QA
> testing. So, it's well worth testing the newest branch's newest release on
> at least 1 machine.
>
> If you are one of the rare unlucky people that finds a problem then you
> can easily go back to the older branch's newest release. At the moment
> that is probably the 3.5.7, or any of the older branch's release past the
> .4 in the 3rd figure, so at the moment that would be anything from 3.5.4.
> to 3.5.7. But going back to the previous branch means you miss out on some
> of the new toys, improved compatibility and other stuff. So, many people
> will stick with the newer branch, even if they have found a problem,
> because it's NOT likely to be "a blocker" for them.
>
> So, what i will soon be doing is upgrading all the machines of all my
> colleagues to 3.6.4 and just leave them on that because i have complete
> confidence in it. On my own machine i will be trying new and old things
> when i have time to play around but will make sure i can always reach a
> machine that has 3.6.4 on it when i need to get something done in a hurry.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* anne-ology <[email protected]>
> *To:* Tom <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Friday, 30 November 2012, 4:19
> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Printed Glossy Magazines
>
> Could you summarize the highlights for those of us that don't
> understand the computer-talk ;-)
> so we'll know when we really must upgrade.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi :)
> >
> > My 'local' supermarket, part of a national and possibly international
> > chain, used to have an isle for magazines with 1 section for IT. Out of
> > the 16 mags there used to be 2 devoted to Linux. Sadly, last week there
> > there was only 1 :( but a few gaps so i went in today hoping to see 2
> > again but still only 1 :( still some gaps.
> >
> > Then i noticed the sections on either side seem to have crept into the IT
> > section so it's gone from 2/16 about Linux to about 1/10. Not quite
> such a
> > bad drop as i had first feared. Then i noticed that 2 mags on the top
> > shelf were about Android and another mag was about smart-phones with 4
> > sections in the mag to cover the 4 main types = they had Android as the
> > number 1 best, then iPhone, then Windows and finally blackberry. So,
> half
> > the mag about Linux, or 3/4 about unix-based platforms and only 1/4 about
> > Windows.
> >
> > So that added up to 3.5/10 mags about Linux platforms!! Nearly double on
> > a few weeks ago in a shrinking market!!
> >
> > Oh of the remainder of the mags several were dedicated to Photoshop and a
> > few to iSomethings and some too generic to get down to specific OSes or
> > even platforms.
> >
> > Amazing stuff!!
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
>
>
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