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From: Conor on 17 Jan 2010 06:56 In article <20100117115048.2001.26137.XPN(a)gordon-laptop>, Gordon says... > WRONG. MS "won" because it ALSO gave away free copies, with server OSs. > And I don't recall Lotus giving away free copies untill MS had locked > people into Office... Lotus was giving away free copies in the early 90's, usually on magazine coverdiscs. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Gordon on 17 Jan 2010 07:45 Conor wrote: > In article <20100115220947.2112.48266.XPN(a)gordon-laptop>, Gordon says... >> >> Conor wrote: >> >> > In article <pan.2010.01.14.22.38.12.518987(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk>, Phil >> > Stovell says... >> > >> >> The UK Government used to have (may still have) a policy of only using >> >> software that is ISO standards compliant. OO is, I'm not sure about MSO. >> > >> > UK Govt runs on MSO. >> > >> >> Which is NOT ISO certified. > > And? > And so, if you REALLY have a GCSE in English you would understand the comment. I've had enough of your plain stupidty. PLONK.
From: chrisv on 17 Jan 2010 10:06 TMack wrote: > You and I would have no problem in similar circumstances. However most > users are afraid of anything that is the slightest bit different. OOo > wouldn't look exactly the same as MSO and that would put many of them > into a blind panic. Don't you realize that your claims are demolished by the point that Jed made? If change were so catastrophic, how did M$ get-away-with so radically changing the interface for Office 2007? And your little story about how a 3-year-old mind might work does not help you case. Think about it. Technology does not stand still. Change is inevitable. Worst case, formal on-the-job training may be called-for. These things happen and are undeniable and unavoidable. People and businesses can and do adapt, or they'll simply be left behind. It's a competitive world. Even parking-lot sweepers like "Hadron" get new equipment once in a while.
From: Nix on 17 Jan 2010 18:48 On 16 Jan 2010, Ivor Jones said: > On 16/01/10 00:29, Nix wrote: >> On 14 Jan 2010, Baron stated: >>> True ! Not only but its a criminal offense to publicly identify a >>> juror ! Its probably the same in the USA. >> >> Not that likely actually. The UK's laws regarding juries are fiercer >> than just about any others anywhere else in the world. Much, much >> fiercer. > > Indeed. I did jury service last year, the warnings issued about > discussing any aspect of the trial outside the jury room even after > the trial had finished were *very* dire indeed. This may not be a good thing: but nobody can tell, because one of the things banned is any kind of research that touches upon what goes on inside a jury room...
From: zed on 28 Jan 2010 02:51
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <himm95$bkj$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann says... > > > > Gordon wrote: > > > > > Conor wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > Quite probably. You'll also find they're using MS Office as well. > > >> > > > > > > For the few users only who need functions which are not in OO. And > > > that's not many. > > > > Well, what function exactly would be missing? > > > OK, tried to do this in Calc today. > > Tried dragging down columns to get a value un each subsequent row to > increase in 10's (10,20,30 etc). It steadfastly refused to even when I > manually entered the first and second values and instead was intent in > going up in 1's. Highlight column - Click on Edit - Choose Fill-Series - Enter Start value (10) - Enter Increment (10) - Click O.K. It's so easy th -- zed |