John Boyle wrote:
To Brad Rogers, et al: My point is that until a product is used, fully,
in all its functions and if someone is satisfied with that product, WHY
upgrade again and again and again? Which is what goes on presently, and
for no really good reason!
Because new versions are generally better, fixing bugs that are in the
older versions and providing easier ways to do things. That seems to me
to be a “really good” reason to upgrade. I expect less people are fully
“satisfied” with OpenOffice.org than you believe, and the same goes for
other products.
As with most products, there are parts of OpenOffice.org that I
personally never use. But if I suddenly had to use some of them, I would
like to use the most up-to-date version which usually will also be the
most convenient to use.
I do appreciate all the effort and energy
that the development team puts into what they do, but as a user, who
just does NOT need all the bells and whistles as it is,
If you personally don’t want to upgrade, don’t. But I note again and
again that people come here with problems that are apparently fixed or
are clearly fixed simply by downloading an upgrade.
Attempting to convince people that they don’t “need” all the bells an
whistles is fruitless. Yes, if I had to, I could get by at home with my
Microsoft Office 95 (the last version I purchased). Therefore I don’t
“need” anything better. I agree with you that I don’t “need” anything
better. That doesn't mean that I don’t “want” something better.
Otherwise I would never have switched to OpenOffice.org.
You probably don’t “need” anything better than OpenOffice.org 1.6. But
you have upgraded. If you found yourself in a situation where you had to
use OpenOffice.org 1.6 or earlier, you would probably find ways to cope.
Therefore you don’t “need” the upgrades you have.
> ... it is a waste of
> time and can be very frustrating, especially when coupled with all the
> changes that Linux goes through as an OS!
So don’t upgrade so often on Linux, if this bothers you.
Of course upgrades of OpenOffice generally come as part of the distro
when you upgrade Linux. And then they sometimes don’t work until you
upgrade again from the OpenOffice.org website. But that is a Linux
problem, not an OpenOffice.org problem.
Jim Allan
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