Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread James Walker
ot want it to take over and then make me figure out how to get it to stop. At that point I would just uninstall and stick with MSO. Leave the dialog there, but make the text more understandable. This was discussed before and an Issue was filed, I do believe. but I cannot find it now. Ja

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread James Walker
Daniel Carrera wrote: James Walker wrote: Leave the dialog there, but make the text more understandable. This was discussed before and an Issue was filed, I do believe. but I cannot find it now. If you feel this is important, please do find that issue. Or file a new one. However, the UI

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread James Walker
Daniel Carrera wrote: James Walker wrote: Line #1: Select the file types that are to be opened with OpenOffice.org 1.9.79 Line #2: OOo 1.9.79 will automatically open the following file types This is what the dialog says now,Now no where in this does it say that it is taking over from

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread James Walker
Daniel Carrera wrote: James Walker wrote: This is saying that OOo can open files of type No, it does not say "OOo can open these file types". What kind of a question would that be? It says that those file types will be opened *automatically* in OOo. But it does not sa

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread James Walker
Cor Nouws wrote: Tony Pursell wrote: But on a more constructive note, my suggestion for the wording would be: OOo 1.9.79 can be made the default application for opening the following file types. This means that if you click on one of these files, OOo will open it, not the Microsoft progam that o

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread James Walker
Ian Lynch wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:35, Rod Engelsman wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Tony Pursell wrote: I thought more was going to be done to avoid it and I am amazed that we still have a setup dialog that virtually invites people to do what they don't really want to do

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread James Walker
t fix it so that there is not 2 issues for the same thing.) sorry. should have kept reading before filing. James Walker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org Support on the Users List

2005-04-12 Thread James Walker
evidence I can arrange your certification. You could then put this in your sig. Regards, Now I feel left out, I never even thought of becoming an INGOT assessor. I think it is time I went to the INGOT website and checked that out. I want my Gold INGOT with distinction. :) James Walker

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

2005-05-20 Thread James Walker
Chad Smith wrote: That's complete crap, Jonathon. I *use* an older version of MSO *EVERYDAY* and it interacts just fine with files created on other versions of MSO almost daily. I don't know where you're getting your information, but from my personal experience first hand, I can tell you that you

[discuss] Need copy of Linux 1.9.109 build

2005-08-02 Thread James Walker
Does anyone know where I can download this version? Thanks James Walker Central US MarCon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Need copy of Linux 1.9.109 build

2005-08-03 Thread James Walker
William W. Austin wrote: On 2005-08-02 12:59:13, James Walker wrote: Does anyone know where I can download this version? I have it and can put it on a web page if you haven't found it anywhere else. The link is *not* fast (128K upload to you), but if you can't find it any

[discuss] Sun/Google announcement

2005-10-04 Thread James Walker
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/04/1234229&from=rss If this is true, Talk about a major boost for OOo. James Walker Central US MarCon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-

[discuss] Writer About Box

2005-10-06 Thread James Walker
wrong? (no this is not a Sun bash, but something that struck me as odd.) James Walker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Writer About Box

2005-10-07 Thread James Walker
Richard/g wrote: On Thursday 06 October 2005 10:17, James Walker wrote: Has anyone else noticed the about box for OpenOffice.org This product has been created by Sun Microsystems, based on OpenOffice.org I could see this being included in StarOffice, but since this is the

Re: [discuss] Writer About Box

2005-10-07 Thread James Walker
Chad Smith wrote: Yeah, exactly. How can OpenOffice.org be based on OpenOffice.org? I can't believe it took James explaining it for y'all to get it. -Chad Smith Thank You Chad, I was starting to think no one was going to get it. As I said, I am not trying to take away from what Sun has

Re: [discuss] re: Massachussetts registered voters

2005-10-26 Thread James Walker
ODF in their next release to show them that it is MS that is not playing nicely with everyone else. James Walker Central US MarCon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2005-10-27 Thread James Walker
Chad Smith wrote: On 10/27/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS makes a "defacto" standard. It is not recognized as a standard. It has not been submitted to any standards organization. It is not a standard. ODF is being submitted to ISO, the same people that do the ISO9000 standardi

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

2005-10-27 Thread James Walker
Ian Lynch wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:35 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote: Thank you for demonstrating your inability to grasp basic concepts even after they've been explained a dozen times to you. Guys you are wasting your time. I have been working in education for 27 years and belei

Re: [discuss] Re: Official request for rectification of Mr. Andrew Brown's article

2005-12-12 Thread James Walker
(Multi-platform software will have different issues for each platform) How many are Linus build related issues, (something that is unique to Linux software, I do not build my own copy of MSO.) 700 bugs seems like a small number when you consider all that OOo does and all the platforms that it does it on. James Walker

Re: [discuss] very disappointed to see "easter-egg" in a free-software

2006-02-07 Thread James Walker
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 15:14 +, C Cichocki wrote: Sigrid Kronenberger wrote: That's quite easy: Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: C Cichocki wrote: How do you access this egg.. I fancy a game Yes, pls!

Re: [discuss] very disappointed to see "easter-egg" in a free-software

2006-02-07 Thread James Walker
Ian Lynch wrote: On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 11:06 -0500, James Walker wrote: With all the discussions on "code bloat" wouldn't all of these Easter Eggs add to that problem. How much code do these things add to the overall size of OOo and will removing them help bring that

Re: [discuss] Horrendous Changes to v2.0

2005-01-25 Thread James Walker
Chad Smith wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'd like to ask a second time : don't cut things out until we have understanding about a way to make them available for those who wish them. This, I believe, is the gist of your argument, so I will respond to that directly. Someone in this thread said t

Re: [discuss] New download page. OOoExtras site

2005-02-04 Thread James Walker
n rejected. :-( Best, Is there something that needs to be done to get OOoExtras going again. Maybe some one needs to check and see who was doing this and find out what is up. James Walker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo Install Program Text

2005-02-10 Thread James Walker
og or just make it more clear. but one of the two things needs to be done. The dialog box is big enough to make the comment more verbose so that is the option that I think we should go with and it should not take someone very long to do it

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo Install Program Text

2005-02-11 Thread James Walker
Mathias Bauer wrote: Harald Schilly wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:55:00 -0500, James Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The dialog box is big enough to make the comment more verbose so that is the option that I think we should go with and it should not take someone very long to do it

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo Install Program Text

2005-02-11 Thread James Walker
Mathias Bauer wrote: James Walker wrote: Mathias Bauer wrote: I called the attention of our user experience specialists to this thread. It's pretty late in the release cycle now, but let's see if the text can be improved a bit (but don't expect us to explain how

Re: [discuss] OOo mentioned in computer user mag

2005-02-24 Thread James Walker
Christian Einfeldt wrote: Here are a couple of quotes from the Feb issue of Computer user mag. FLOSS is their cover story. Their server is down now, so go to this sister site: http://www.kccomputeruser.com/ Here's a quote from "into the Great wide open" by Keith Mansfield: "The most potentiall

Re: [discuss] Google Acquires Writerly

2006-03-17 Thread James Walker
Let's remember that this is a family friendly email list and watch the language. James Walker Central US MarCon Chad Smith wrote: On 3/16/06, Rigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - if you are going to participate in this form of communication you HAVE TO F'ING READ

Re: [discuss] alleged OOo virus

2006-06-01 Thread James Walker
Bruce, Please see the homepage for OpenOffice.org 's statement on the matter for the moment, I am sure there will be more to follow shortly. James Walker Central US Marketing Contact OpenOffice.org Bruce Byfield wrote: Anybody care to comment on this story: http://news.zdne

Re: [discuss] Referendum on changing length of CC service

2006-10-31 Thread James Walker
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[discuss] Looking for someone good with OOo Base.

2006-10-31 Thread James Walker
I am looking for some that is good with base, their is a company contacting me from Athens GA, USA please email me if you would be interested in writing a database for them, I will get additional details if anyone is interested. James Walker Central US MarCon