On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Sammy Njuguna wrote: >> Why do we not hear any requests for integration of financial software into >> OO?
a) At least once a week there is an indirect request for that functionality. By indirect, I mean somebody wanting to know why program "x" doesn't work with OOo the way it works with MSO; b) There is a distinct lack of documentation on how to integrate applications as OOo extensions; > -That now is the beauty of OOo,you can customize it to suit your application > needs as a user at your convenience via addons and extensions. > I beg to differ since currently only MS certifications are widely acceptable > by most employers-at least from my part of the world Does MOUS certification really count for anything in your part of the world? Where I live, it would have been used as a reason _not_ to hire somebody. > hence the need to upgrade OOo to certification level, http://theingots.org/moodle/ The issue is getting companies to accept INGOTS training. From an HR perspective, it has one major deficiency --- it does not mandate training for a _specific_ office suite. Most HR departments consider that generic training is the same as no training at all --- to the point that even though an individual can explain how to use advanced features of a software program they saw for the first time ten minutes ago, they will still define that individual as being "computer illiterate". >Let us start with the basics. The issue is whether or not email is a basic for an office suite, or an Internet suite. > It is a fact that this Software manufacturer "owns" 95% of the Market That fact is extremely debatable. The first issue is how the market is defined. The second issue is how the survey of that market is done. The usual way of determining market share is by the dollar volume generated by each competitor in that market. This gives rise to the situation where, in a US$10,000,000 market, a company that sells one item, for US$5,000,000 has a fifty percent market share, whilst the guy who sells 10,000,000 units for one mil each, has a 0.01% market share. >> extensions. OOo is just starting to move down that track and i think as >> extensions develop, many of these problems will be sorted out by third party >> developers working out add-ons that will meet specific needs. > Thats correct Keith,100% correct :-) If the documentation on how to do that is easily accessed, and understandable to people who don't know the programming language used for OOo. Using the documentation for BASE an an example, I doubt that extensions will proliferate for OOo the way they have for Firefox. >> And why doesn't Ooo have a podcatcher built in? After all I use my office >> computer to download and play music- that make it an office function for me >> :-) > I think we have agreed to deal with basic office requirements first.heh heh.. Currently, OOo can play music. In theory, one can write an extension to play a stream from Lucky 7, or any other streaming radio one wants to listen to. Harold wrote: >So cooperation between modules not monolith; common UI, not separate ones; shared files not copies with double updating; separate downloads of required components; separate installation of required components; Help files and documentation that are consistent across components instead of different; and so on. +1 xan jonathon -- OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from MSO. Furthermore,OOo can not compensate for the defective and flawed security measures used by Microsoft. As such, before using this product for exams that require faulty and defective software, ensure that you will not be unjustly penalized for the incompetence of the organization that requires the use of software that is known to be flawed, defective, bug-ridden, and fails to meet ISO file format standards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
