On Tuesday 18 September 2007 10:45:04 pm NoOp wrote: > On 09/18/2007 08:42 PM, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 09:28:58 pm Robert Smits wrote: > >> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:37, James Knott wrote: > >> > Those who have Lotus Smart Suite files may be interested in this. As > >> > I understand it, it's Smart Suite updated to work with ODF. > >> > > >> > http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa > >> > >> I wouldn't get too excited. They claim to support SLED and Red Hat, but > >> their download isn't even available in RPM format. > >> > >> Looks like typical IBM cluelessness. > > > > Actually, they are not The losers who decided to go RPM with OOo are. > > > > Sorry, that's my opinion now, was when the switch was made and will be > > till its changed back. > > > > The good news about Symphony is that its installed via a bin file > > executable which actually runs a distro neutral installer. It worked > > well on my Kubuntu Laptop!! > > > > Unlike OOo which I can't download from the OOo web site because somebody > > thought RPM is the ONLY package management system, and all the others > > could just use alien anyway. > > > > Maybe you can tell I liked the installer setup better than favoring a > > package manager system? > > Ummm... you should look at the OOo download page again. Look carefully > under the linux download selection. You'll find that it now includes a > .deb package.
Well, I'll be, I guess since there wasn't much use in going there for so long, I just stopped asking or looking. As much as that improves things, its still a package. Why not have just one install executable? Then it would install and work the same way on Debian, SUSE, RedHat, Mandrake, Windoze, etc. Not only that, but I could decide to put it under /opt or maybe /usr/local/ or maybe /nfs/otherbox/opt depending on my mood and or policies. I could also decide to drop certain features or extras, like I can in the Windoze install. Why am I forced to doing it the way the package manager person decided it should happen? Anyway, I don't think its going to change, despite all my rantings to the contrary, and the fact that it makes sense, gives the user choice, etc. etc.. -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
