On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 18:14 -0700, NoOp wrote: > On 04/09/2007 04:56 PM, PJH wrote: > > I have heard all the arguments as to why no one needs Outlook, but last > > night, > > my niece, a very smart person (full scholarship to MIT, MSCompSci at > > Berkeley > > paid for by Bell Labs, etc.) gave me her reasons for using Outlook. > > [snip] > Mind you, when I used M$soft & Outlook (not OE) years ago it worked > quite well, so I'm not saying that it doesn't work as advertised. I > simply think that it is rather silly to continue to lock yourself into > M$ when there are other options available. So a few questions for you & > your neice (apply accordingly): > > 1. Does she use OOo? > 2. What did she pay for her M$oft Office package w/Outlook? > 3. Has she ever used Linux or other non-M$oft OS's? > 4. Has she ever lost data from a virus or trojan? > > As Cor mentioned, there are plans to implement a PIM/Calendar in OOo. > However, I am one that would vote against that; OOo is big enough as it > is and bolting on a Mozilla Lightning or simiar is (IMHO) just more > likely to make the suite unwieldy and asking for bugs. I'd much rather > see it cleaned up & improved upon for what it is, and continue to add > and debug API's for connecting to outside PIM/Calendar programs. That > way OOo maintains it's integrity, and provides it's users the freedom to > choose whatever PIM/Calendar/Email application that fits them best.
Hear, hear !! -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
