Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 05:06:51 -, Terri Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a user, I hate online only apps. In fact, I think they are becoming more and more popular because they are being offered at less cost that the offline versions. I think we should divide what aree web-apps and

Re: [discuss] Revision History

2005-11-19 Thread Rigel
Why are we looking for ways to reduce file size? Why would we want to save the whole file, and not just the changes to that file? It seems some very powerful wiki software out there, has achieved this quite nicely. I think by looking for ways to get around having to re-engineer part of the

[discuss] Text to column

2005-11-19 Thread joelrivera
Hi, I wish someone can add this in the Calc program or come up with a service pack that puts it in or some kind of upgrade. I wish to implement OpenOffice by next year to all new computers that I will be purchasing and start removing Microsoft Office slowly. The text to column is

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:06 -0800, Terri Sprague wrote: I am one of over a million RV full-timers in the US. Quite a few of us, even though we have internet satellite connections, do not stay connected all the time. In my opinion, that is a disaster waiting to happen because of hackers,

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:59:17 -, Shawn K. Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:06 -0800, Terri Sprague wrote: I am one of over a million RV full-timers in the US. Quite a few of us, even though we have internet satellite connections, do not stay connected all the

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Chad Smith
On 11/19/05, Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MS is the only OS that have virus. think about it? Not even your cellphone running Symbian OS has vriuses. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2143697/grisoft-warns-linux-virus Grisoft predicts Linux virus plague 'Only a matter of

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Saying that a virus company warns about Linux virus is like saying Microsoft warns that firefox can be a virus when you try to download it. On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:50:11 -, Chad Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/19/05, Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MS is the only OS

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 13:50 -0500, Chad Smith wrote: Grisoft predicts Linux virus plague This is typical of a Chad Smith post. Whenever anyone looks at the future and what might happen as Open Source software gets increasing take up Chad ignores it and focuses on now and the past because it

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Tim Fairchild
On Sunday 20 Nov 2005 04:50, Chad Smith trolled: On 11/19/05, Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MS is the only OS that have virus. think about it? Not even your cellphone running Symbian OS has vriuses. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2143697/grisoft-warns-linux-virus Grisoft

Re: [discuss] To all - get rid of lots of discss emai?

2005-11-19 Thread Beverley Reynolds
Mark, as a new user of openoffice 70+yrs how do I get rid of numerous (40 +) discuss emails. Please enlighten me. Thanks, Bev From: mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/18 Fri PM 09:17:32 CST To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] To all - PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR RETURN RECEIPT

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread mark
Ian Lynch wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 18:32 +, Alexandro Colorado wrote: MS is the only OS that have virus. think about it? Not even your cellphone running Symbian OS has vriuses. Windows 95/98 was the most large scale virus ever deployed ;-) About five years ago, there was a site on

Re: [discuss] To all - get rid of lots of discss emai?

2005-11-19 Thread mark
Beverley Reynolds wrote: From: mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/18 Fri PM 09:17:32 CST To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] To all - PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR RETURN RECEIPT REQUSTED!!! Unless you *really* want 1,753 return receipts clogging your inbox. It's rude and inconsiderate -

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:15:39 -, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Lynch wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 18:32 +, Alexandro Colorado wrote: MS is the only OS that have virus. think about it? Not even your cellphone running Symbian OS has vriuses. Windows 95/98 was the most large

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread mark
Alexandro Colorado wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:15:39 -, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Lynch wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 18:32 +, Alexandro Colorado wrote: MS is the only OS that have virus. think about it? Not even your cellphone running Symbian OS has vriuses. Windows

[discuss] Too many nested quotes

2005-11-19 Thread Caleb Marcus
I would suggest that when replying, as a general guideline, just include 2 quote levels to avoid confusion. Some emails include 10 quote levels, and they can get quite large and annoying. To remove quotes automatically on Thunderbird, there's an extension called NestedQuote Remover that can be

Re: [discuss] Text to column

2005-11-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Joel, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish someone can add this in the Calc program or come up with a service pack that puts it in or some kind of upgrade. I wish to implement OpenOffice by next year to all new computers that I will be purchasing and start removing Microsoft

[discuss] Re: Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread John Thompson
On 2005-11-19, Terri Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a user, I hate online only apps. In fact, I think they are becoming more and more popular because they are being offered at less cost that the offline versions. I think they're becoming more popular because vendors see them as a more

[discuss] Re: Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread John Thompson
On 2005-11-19, Chad Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2143697/grisoft-warns-linux-virus Grisoft predicts Linux virus plague Kind of reminds me of the dire warnings regarding the Y2K debacle. Somebody smells a gravy train hyping up a potential threat. If exploit

[discuss] Re: Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread Randomthots
mark wrote: Heh. The daughter of a friend of mine, when she was, mmm, 15 or so, would be surfing, and I'd see her reboot her '98 box two, three, four times a night. mark I had the same thing happen to me. It was a bad memory chip. '95 was crashy, ME was too, but much less so. I

Re: [discuss] Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread John Boyle
Daniel Carrera wrote: Terri Sprague wrote: Quite a few of us, even though we have internet satellite connections, do not stay connected all the time. In my opinion, that is a disaster waiting to happen because of hackers, viruses, etc. Why not switch to Linux or Mac OS and avoid the

Re: [discuss] Re: Online only apps

2005-11-19 Thread mark
Randomthots wrote: mark wrote: Heh. The daughter of a friend of mine, when she was, mmm, 15 or so, would be surfing, and I'd see her reboot her '98 box two, three, four times a night. I had the same thing happen to me. It was a bad memory chip. '95 was No, this wasn't memory. She kept

[discuss] Portable OpenOffice v.2.0 crash

2005-11-19 Thread EDGAR
Only two (2) Application are ruining Spreadsheet and Text Document on Portable OpenOffice v.2.0 Final, the rest it could not even start, the Application crash and generates report. I have tested on multiple OS and USB Drive and the results are the same.

Re: [discuss] Re: re: Massachussetts registered voters

2005-11-19 Thread Caleb Marcus
Lars D. Noodén wrote: People buy MS products mostly because they're the only thing you *can* buy due to a lock on the OEMs. Probably a more cost effective step would be to first get the OEM contracts into the daylight. MS claims that they are 'trade secrets' or some such nonsense. Getting

Re: [discuss] Portable OpenOffice v.2.0 crash

2005-11-19 Thread Jacqueline McNally
EDGAR wrote: Only two (2) Application are ruining Spreadsheet and Text Document on Portable OpenOffice v.2.0 Final, the rest it could not even start, the Application crash and generates report. I have tested on multiple OS and USB Drive and the results are the same. Portable OpenOffice.org