On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:31:28 -0700
Came this utterance fomulated by David Lowe to my mailbox:

> On Oct 15, 2008, at 14:42 , jonathon wrote:
> 
> >> There are obviously still a large number of dictionaries still not 
> >> converted to this new format.
> >
> > Also remember to include the dictionaries that were released, but
> > never made it into the official OOo dictionary list.  (At least one
> > set looks like it won't be migratable to extension format.)
> 
> 
>       This is exactly where i'm coming from.  Even if the OOo team
>       covers  
> 100% of all national and ethnic languages, there are still gobs of  
> dictionaries for scientific/academic/whatever use that apparently  
> aren't being converted for use by OOo 3.0.  Many of them have been  
> created and released 'into the wild' as freeware .dic files, but the  
> creator can't or won't take the time to publish them in the new  
> format.  I guess the take home message from this is that if you need  
> to use a certain dictionary [chemistry, for example] to write your  
> paper, then you need to find another word processor.
> 

Hell no, the message as always has been pro-active. Help thyself and
ask if you cannot do it alone. You will learn in the process and gain
kudo's along the way.

-- 
Michael

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well

 - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416

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