On 3/19/06, Jonathon Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh yuck! With no choice in what we get to use for these functions and > extra software to try and manage when changes are made to the other > areas of the project? I am one of those who are glad we dropped those > parts.
Weren't you one of those who said the same thing about a Database - oh, about a year or so ago? I don't hear you complaining that they added a database. Just because OOo has Writer, doesn't mean I can't use AbiWord. Just because it has Calc, doesn't mean I can't use Excel. Just because it has Draw, doesn't mean I can't use Inkscape. There have been times in my past when I had the full version of Microsoft Office installed on my computer - and it was my main if not only office suite (this is some time back) - but I never used Outlook - why? because I liked Netscape better (back when it had email). I even used Netscape instead of IE. Just because an office suite comes with something doesn't mean you have to use only that program for that function. Adding features does in no way limit choice. Your argument is fundamentally flawed. Quite the contray - eliminating StarOffice Browser and StarOffice email (or whatever they were called) has *LESSENED* choice. I cannot chose to use OOo Email, because it doesn't exist. I have to chose something else. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software! http://www.chadwsmith.com/ Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...
