On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:06, CPHennessy wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:20, Jack & Naree wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > > I hate the automatic formatting in Openoffice, it's so > > annoying, MS Word is such a refreshing respite from the > > restrictiveness of OO.
Choice is a good thing. I don't think that anyone in this project would ever claim that OOo is perfect. BTW, Jack, given the choices that ARE available on the market (Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; AbiWord; OOo; Koffice; TextMaker; StarOffice, etc.) when someone comes into an open source project and leads their email with a sharply worded criticism, I often wonder why that person bothers to spend the time composing the email, rather than simply stop using the program, especially when the program is free, and the user has lost no money in purchasing the program. Robust and critical discussion on open source lists are important to the improvement of open source code. And yet when sometimes the subtlies of a poster's message can sometimes leave me wondering if the sender is a troll. I understand a troll who, who whatever reason, derives personal entertainment from starting arguments on lists. I personally appreciate that you have tried the product, and yet, as CPH pointed out, the fact that you complained so bitterly, coupled with the fact that you are obviously a sophisticated user capable of finding the simple fixes for your problems causes me to wonder if you are trolling. When I see a message from a troll, I usually reply only to urge other members of the list to evaluate if they agree that the troll is, in fact, a troll; and if they agree, to consider ignoring that person altogether, as trolls literally feed off of the energy of others. Trolls appear to LIKE wasting others' time; that is the very definition of a troll, IMHO. I'm thinking that you probably are trolling, and so I will ignore the detailed issues that you have raised. If you are not trolling, and you do, indeed, have questions that you would like answered, then you will probably get the most detailed answers from the users@openoffice.org list, as the users list is a gathering of people who like solving problems such as those you have raised. You can also find tech support at the link below. If you're not trolling, of course. http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,76/Itemid,4/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
