Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-27 Thread Pollywog
On 07/26/2005 08:36 pm, Dick Davies wrote: Maybe I've got completely the wrong end of the stick and if so I apologize, but if someone asked me how to edit word docs in linux and i said 'vi', I'd be being an ass (which is of course my right as a member of the human race, but I wouldn't

Replying (was Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 21:54 -0400, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: Anders Breindahl wrote: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: [snip] try looking in the archives for the reply-to question. We only just went around on this. Just reply-all and delete the sender. Is T-bird so

Re: Replying (was Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Kent West
Ron Johnson wrote: Is T-bird so primitive that it doesn't have Reply-to-List? Yes. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-26 Thread Graham Smith
Unfortunately taskjuggler isn't packaged as a .deb because I would be interested in having a look at it. It seems there was a shot at packaging it a while ago but it's not been touched in an age. Might have a go at compiling unless someone knows of a .deb source. On Tuesday 26 July 2005 05:37,

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-26 Thread TreeBoy
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 15:13, Graham Smith wrote: Unfortunately taskjuggler isn't packaged as a .deb because I would be interested in having a look at it. It seems there was a shot at packaging it a while ago but it's not been touched in an age. Might have a go at compiling unless someone

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Josh Battles
Hal Vaughan said: We can use whatever excuse we want, but I've found that the way clueless newbies are treated on this list is just plain rotten. There are polite ways to say RTFM, but it seems to many are in a hurry to shout RTFMA and excuse themselves as just trying to tell them what to do

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Martin McCormick
Josh Battles writes: Another list I'm on is *brutal* about that. If you pose a newbie question, the responses you get (if you're lucky enough to get a response) are either RTFM or check the archives. This list isn't all that bad in comparison. It really isn't, but we are all newbies

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Dick Davies
* Josh Battles [EMAIL PROTECTED] [0705 16:05]: Hal Vaughan said: We can use whatever excuse we want, but I've found that the way clueless newbies are treated on this list is just plain rotten. There are polite ways to say RTFM, but it seems to many are in a hurry to shout RTFMA and

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 11:04 am, Josh Battles wrote: Hal Vaughan said: We can use whatever excuse we want, but I've found that the way clueless newbies are treated on this list is just plain rotten. There are polite ways to say RTFM, but it seems to many are in a hurry to shout RTFMA and

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Josh Battles
Hal Vaughan said: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 11:04 am, Josh Battles wrote: Hal Vaughan said: We can use whatever excuse we want, but I've found that the way clueless newbies are treated on this list is just plain rotten. There are polite ways to say RTFM, but it seems to many are in a hurry

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 17:46, Dick Davies wrote: The OP asked 'how do I read MS Project files', and the response was: 'use less, hur hur' That's not newbie bashing, that's trying to be funny and sounding like an ass Now I must protest; you have gotten it all wrong. I attempted to kill

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Dick Davies
* Anders Breindahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] [0723 19:23]: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 17:46, Dick Davies wrote: The OP asked 'how do I read MS Project files', and the response was: 'use less, hur hur' That's not newbie bashing, that's trying to be funny and sounding like an ass Now I must

Re: Replying (was Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 03:15 -0500, Kent West wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Is T-bird so primitive that it doesn't have Reply-to-List? Yes. Blech. Mutt has had it for, what, a decade? Did Netscape Communicator ever have it? --

MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? Rajiv

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? Rajiv Have you tried `less`? Regards, Anders Breindahl. OT: My apologies to Rajiv Vyas for clobbing up his/her mailbox. Why is reply-to not debian-user? Didn't it use to be?

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
my mistake. I pressed r in gmail, so it just responded to you and not the group.On 7/25/05, Anders Breindahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? RajivHave you tried `less`?Regards, Anders

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Anders Breindahl wrote: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? Rajiv Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny. I'm pretty sure he needs more functionality than that. And I

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Thanks. On 7/25/05, Michael Z Daryabeygi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders Breindahl wrote: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote:Are there any free software that would open MS Project files?Rajiv Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny.I'm

OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 03:54, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: Anders Breindahl wrote: Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny. I'm pretty sure he needs more functionality than that. And I know from his other thread that he is doing his best to get

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Joel Peter William Pitt
Ok, this is my first foray into debian-user and this behaviour doesn't impress me. I'm not a newbie, I've been using debian for the past 6 years after changing from redhat. Did you actually bother to find anything out about MS Project? If it is indeed in clear text then 'less' is a useful

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be ``jumping down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the net-etiquette. Stop it. I've done that, but I've always regretted it. Correct people, fine,

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 25 July 2005 11:21 pm, Carl Fink wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be ``jumping down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the net-etiquette. Stop it. I've done

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Bradley Alexander
There was something similar called TaskJuggler, but I don't know whether or not it will read/write Project files. As someone said, Project is a beast, and I don't know if TJ is up to that level yet, since I haven't looked at it in over a year. On Monday 25 July 2005 22:15, Rajiv Vyas wrote: