Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 03 May 2002 22:39:23 -0500, Mike Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might try www.hotpop.com for free pop/smtp/forwarding email or > www.bigfoot.com for a free forwarding type email. > > I thought I had several others, but they started charging ( www.mail.com > ) or dropped their E

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Mike Larson
You might try www.hotpop.com for free pop/smtp/forwarding email or www.bigfoot.com for a free forwarding type email. I thought I had several others, but they started charging ( www.mail.com ) or dropped their Enlish language version ( www.gmx.com ). With today's dot bomb financial situation mo

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 03 May 2002 16:37:10 -0700, "James Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ps. I really need to switch email accounts (this is owned by Microsoft) but > it's so hard to do - anyone know of any free mail forwarding site that acts > as a sort of relay so if you change ISPs or email addresses,

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Jose Paiva
TECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained > I actually have little against Windows - personally, I think XP is a fine OS > (best Windows by far yet, IMO). Where I take exception is the company itself > and its bus

RE: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Schwenk, Jeanie
et out of it if you're not printing. I hate to say it but if I don't have the luxury of time, it's Word for me. Jeanie -Original Message- From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:42 AM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] StarOffice

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread James Thomas
I actually have little against Windows - personally, I think XP is a fine OS (best Windows by far yet, IMO). Where I take exception is the company itself and its business practices. If my printer worked properly in Linux (for some reason it works right off the bat after I reboot or after I use

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Damian G
> > note, the sig below is in no way intended to poke fun at any 6 fingered ppl > who can indeed carry out the command described, no similarity to any ppl > living or dead is accidental. the name "shane" may not be mine. i may be > spoofing. your milage may vary. do not taunt happy fun ba

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On 4 May 2002, Brian Parish wrote: > OK - This got a nice little flame war going, but didn't really address > the question. Is anyone else using SO6 - not the other flavors - and > seeing the same behavior as I am? A friend who just upgraded to 8.2 has > SO6 crashing on every doc file he's trie

RE: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Barran, Richard wrote: > I HAVE to use Windows 8 hrs a day in the workplace - does that make me an > idiot? > I use Win98 at home - no Linux CD-burner comes close in quality to Nero > Burning Rom. Does that make me an idiot? > > Signatures such as 'all Windows users are idiots

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread shane
On Thursday 02 May 2002 23:04, civileme opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > The signature implies to me that Microsoft is to blame for leading > gullible people, but I never saw that the meaning "everyone who uses > windows is gullible" could be read into i

RE: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Barran, Richard
> On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 21:21, Nick Andriash wrote: > > On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > > > > > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > > > I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am > > disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Alastair Scott
On Friday 03 May 2002 4:42 am, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > I am using the OpenOffice version of StarOffice. I have not had any > problems with it. I open Micorosoft documents (Word, Excell), edit > them and save them in those formats without any problem. Seconded, and the round trip (Word 97 or 200

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Alastair Scott
On Friday 03 May 2002 2:21 am, Nick Andriash wrote: > On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am > disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How typical of Linu

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 21:21, Nick Andriash wrote: > On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > > > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am > disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How typical of Lin

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread civileme
Nick Andriash wrote: >On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > >>A fool and his money are soon using Windows. >> > >I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am >disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How typical of Linux Users... >and almost enough t

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread Seedkum Aladeem
On Thursday 02 May 2002 04:56 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > Just a quick note on SO6. I have seen claims here that it opens > everything faultlessly and that it crashes and is totally useless. It > turns out that both are true :-) > > Try to open a word doc file received as an attachment with the "O

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread Charlie
On Thursday 02 May 2002 07:21 pm, Nick Andriash offered this for consideration: > On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am > disheartened to see signatures such a

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread Damian G
On 03 May 2002 09:56:09 +1000 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick note on SO6. I have seen claims here that it opens > everything faultlessly and that it crashes and is totally useless. It > turns out that both are true :-) > > Try to open a word doc file received as an atta

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread Nelson Bartley
I agree whole heartedly with you on this subject. The unfortunate part is that there appear to be no moderators on this list. I wish people would stop taking such a negative attitude to windows, we were all windows users at one point. NB On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 21:21, Nick Andriash wrote: > On Th

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained

2002-05-02 Thread Mike Larson
Hi Nick, I used Windows from 3.1 to 98. I now use Linux. I do not take offense to Shane's signature and I feel you are overreacting. Lighten up Linux is about having fun. Mike Nick Andriash wrote: >On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > >>A fool and his money are soo