Hi, > But just because a piece of software crashes, is it any cause to call it crap,
Almost certainly not. > You also say you give time and money to open source projects, are they slow to > start, do they crash when used They certainly have bugs, some of them annoying ones, but not ones that have cost my company quite so much money. >if so can I then call the project you to > contribute to crap?? or should I say it still requires further development?? The latter would be fairer. > I see Open Office like much of the software in Linux, still under going a > development cycle, full of bugs but full of potential. > > Maybe a better choice of words should have been used. I agree with you. I'm just really pissed off about it as we really have persevered for 2-3 years, hoping it'll improve. Reluctantly we've given up. So yes, crap is probably a bit harsh. S. -- Stephen Nelson-Smith Technical Director Atalanta Systems Ltd www.atalanta-systems.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
