-----Original Message----- >From: Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 27, 2006 11:23 AM >To: [email protected] >Cc: Leslie Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] Openoffice suck > >Leslie Zhang wrote: >> Hi Mr Laing, >> >> You are absolutely right. You and your daughter have leart from the >> mistakes that MS Words is shit, and I on the other hand leant that >> Openoffice is shit too. We all learn from mistakes. Microsoft products >> are not perfect, No. Nothing is perfect indeed. My Words has crashed >> so many times such that I can not even remember when is the nearest >> diaster. I have also lost data before while using Words, but not as >> dramatically as the one I just experienced. No trace, nothing!!!! >> However, why should I trust OpenOffice, is it because it is free or >> because it is bug free or because we just don't like Microsoft. I am >> not sure. I like to have choices anyway. >> >> Leslie >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Leslie Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, 26 October, 2006 7:51:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [users] Openoffice suck >> >> Leslie Zhang wrote: >> > I won't recommend anyone to use openoffice as It destoried my several >> > our's work in one single crash. I prefer to pay for more reliable >> > software. >> > >> > Send instant messages to your online friends >> > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >> >> I guess you have never had your Windows crash or any commercial product >> crash on you. I also guess you never learned about saving your files >> from time to time. >> >> I have lost hours of work, that was saved when Microsoft Office decided >> that it's timed backup would write to the file and corrupt it. Guess >> what, the file toasted for MS Word. It wouldn't open in WordPerfect >> either. I downloaded OpenOffice and it opened the file. I could even >> save it as a MS Word file that Word would open. OpenOffice saved my >> butt that day. >> >> Yesterday, my daughter working on a school project couldn't get >> PowerPoint to import some JPG's that she had. It kept telling her to >> use a different application. She came home and completed here school >> work using OpenOffice Impress. >> >> I could go on about using OpenOffice between Mac's, Windows and Linux >> which I cannot do with Microsoft Office unless I add a Windows Emulator. >> >> For future reference, there is an autosave feature in both OpenOffice >> and Microsoft Office. Turn it on. >> >> -- >> Robin Laing >> >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >Hi Leslie, > >But I have lost all data in the past on all computers that I have used >for various reasons. I don't slam computers when a hard drive fails and >it takes my data with it. I don't go off the deep end when a >presentation that I was working on is suddenly gone because the network >server decides that my saving a file is wrong and the data is dumped. > Or a virus decided that my partition table on my hard drive was nice and tasty.
>If I am working on important documents, I save them on a regular basis. I save them on two different machines AND a USB drive. If they are really important, they get the DVD treatment. I've learned that one cannot have TOO many backups. >It has been months since I last touched MS Word or Office in any format. I wish I could say the same... James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
