Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-18 Thread Mark Stanton
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-18 Thread C
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-18 Thread Mark Stanton
@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:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-18 Thread Stereotactic
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.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-18 Thread Wayne Borean
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

[libreoffice-users] Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

2011-04-15 Thread Vic Dura
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