Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
A side note really, but that's quite a leap to suggest that Symphony has anything to do with OO. Lotus wrote Symphony, maybe coming on 25 years ago now. I worked with one of the four (I think) guys who wrote it for a while. One of the dinosaurs that died out, the tightly integrated office suite. Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 08:18, Mark Stanton wrote: A side note really, but that's quite a leap to suggest that Symphony has anything to do with OO. Lotus wrote Symphony, maybe coming on 25 years ago now. I worked with one of the four (I think) guys who wrote it for a while. One of the dinosaurs that died out, the tightly integrated office suite. It's not a leap... the current incarnation of IBM's Lotus Symphony actually is based on OpenOffice.org. http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/GeneralFAQ#1 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
@Plino Win/win? Fabulous! :-) Nope, didn't have a chance to read to the end of the page. I probably don't believe them, in any but the most superficial sense, but then I get very cynical sometimes ;-) Thanks for that Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
It has turned out to be very interesting discussion. And surprise surprise that MS is dying a slow death. There have been comments on the early age of computing (when I wasn't even born) and worked on Intel branded crap hardware. Nevertheless, this is the time to focus on the User Interface. The ribbon interface is not the de-facto standard but it becomes a frustrating exercise to get people to shift to a new software if they are used to seeing the familiar controls. I have faced this issue many times while trying to convince different users to shift to FOSS and this obviously is a big issue. I had raised the issue in local mailing lists (for Linux) and like bunch of retards professed their helplessness. Hence, this is the time to seize the moment and bring out the dazzle. The latest version of Libre Office is brilliant (I am using Linux Mint 10) and has done a great amount of work as far as the stability is concerned. There are excellent suggestions for working on the user interface and then it would squarely kick MS's ass (and groins) where it hurts them at the most. Hope this helps. Cheers! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
Possibly an alternate UI for LO could be a Right Click anywhere on the Window, Enlightenment and XFCE use this to bring up the Main Menu in addition to having a drop down menu. Wayne On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Stereotactic maill...@postinbox.comwrote: It has turned out to be very interesting discussion. And surprise surprise that MS is dying a slow death. There have been comments on the early age of computing (when I wasn't even born) and worked on Intel branded crap hardware. Nevertheless, this is the time to focus on the User Interface. The ribbon interface is not the de-facto standard but it becomes a frustrating exercise to get people to shift to a new software if they are used to seeing the familiar controls. I have faced this issue many times while trying to convince different users to shift to FOSS and this obviously is a big issue. I had raised the issue in local mailing lists (for Linux) and like bunch of retards professed their helplessness. Hence, this is the time to seize the moment and bring out the dazzle. The latest version of Libre Office is brilliant (I am using Linux Mint 10) and has done a great amount of work as far as the stability is concerned. There are excellent suggestions for working on the user interface and then it would squarely kick MS's ass (and groins) where it hurts them at the most. Hope this helps. Cheers! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/oracle_letting_openoffice_go/ Oracle is turning OpenOffice into a purely community project, and no longer plans to offer a commercial version of the collaboration suite loved by many. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
