RE: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Bruce Carlson
t: Thursday, 17 March 2011 2:37 PM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2 Bruce, Alas, no evolution support for MAC yet. These days I'm just a home user and I don't count. It saddens me. It saddens me, but not enough to use Win unless I am forc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Glenn
Bruce, Alas, no evolution support for MAC yet. These days I'm just a home user and I don't count. It saddens me. It saddens me, but not enough to use Win unless I am forced to. I guess evolution is beyond my reach at this time. Glenn P.S. Was the "office suits" reference just a pun or did yo

RE: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Bruce Carlson
breoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2 On 16/03/11 07:15, Bruce Carlson wrote: > I now use evolution on my linux machines and until evolution for windows improves sufficiently I simply will not use windows for emails at all. Except this smart phone--HTC touch pro 2--

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-16 8:23 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 16/03/11 07:15, Bruce Carlson wrote: >> I now use evolution on my linux machines and until evolution for >> windows improves sufficiently I simply will not use windows for emails >> at all. Except this smart phone--HTC touch pro 2-- Evolution

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 16/03/11 07:15, Bruce Carlson wrote: I now use evolution on my linux machines and until evolution for windows improves sufficiently I simply will not use windows for emails at all. Except this smart phone--HTC touch pro 2-- Evolution email imports all calenda and contact info from outlook

RE: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-16 Thread Bruce Carlson
2011 9:56 AM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2 Hi, Thanks for the thoughtful reply. To clear up an incorrect impression I seem to have created, I'm not a M$ Office user, haven't ever been, except when I've been forced into it at s

RE: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Bruce Carlson
-Original Message- From: Mark Stanton Sent: Wednesday, 16 March 2011 9:56 AM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2 Hi, Thanks for the thoughtful reply. To clear up an incorrect impression I seem to have created, I'm not a M$ Office

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi, Thanks for the thoughtful reply. To clear up an incorrect impression I seem to have created, I'm not a M$ Office user, haven't ever been, except when I've been forced into it at some particular site where I've been on contract. As a Virtual Access user I'm... Shall we say "underwhelmed" b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 15/03/11 10:26, Ryan Jendoubi wrote: But that does create an issue for people in your position, who are used to a simple life, where there is the One True Solution ;-) So perhaps what we /Should/ do is work on our cross-marketing. "Use the LibreOffice document creation suite along with the T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 14/03/11 16:35, Michel Gagnon wrote: – better access of Thunderbird Address book or Outlook address book for mail merge documents (i.e. no need to export the address book first) You don't need to export the address book. LO creates it's own updatable database from the Thunderbird addressb

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 14/03/11 13:33, Fernando Hildebrand wrote: Well, since there´s already thunderbird, and it´s really really good, and it´s alredy well integrated into major distros(Ubuntu, etc...), Not true. The email client that is installed by default in Ubuntu (and is TIGHTLY integrated into the OS) is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 14/03/11 09:40, Mark Stanton wrote: Further to Fernando's post I'd like to add a thought. I hadn't noticed the project planning thing, but it seems to me that (aside from that?) What LO misses, compared to M$Office, is an email facility. I think the point is, (and this has been done to dea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Ryan Jendoubi
Hello Mark, On 15/03/11 08:14, Mark Stanton wrote: [...] I'm trying to shift away from Windoze and VA is one of my few remaining apps there, so moving it to include other platforms would be a big plus from my pov. [...] Point taken about Thunderbird and the need, or not, of having a mail fac

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-15 Thread Mark Stanton
> And... according to the Virtual-Access website, it's a Windows-only > application (win32) which makes it a very poor fit since it leaves out > everyone who uses Linux and OSX. Ok, that uncovers my other agenda. I'm trying to shift away from Windoze and VA is one of my few remaining apps there,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Glenn
Strongly worded, but well-aimed I think. I have an iMAC running OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I use Thunderbird. I would welcome conferencing but because of my choices, I am standing out on the loose edges. I have been let down by Windows-only decisions made by developers and/or vendors too. Le

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2011-03-14 09:59, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : . Virtual Access (www.virtual-access.org) - their web site states: [quote] Virtual Access is a mature and well established Windows mail, news and conferencing product .. [unquote] What if you use Linux or Mac OSX? It

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Mieszko Kaczmarczyk
W dniu 2011-03-14 14:33, Fernando Hildebrand pisze: Remenber that there are geeks/hackers/programers/developers, and theres the regular Joe. Following Mr. Eric Raymond´s work, Cathedral and Baazar, we should now include regular people. +1 -- Mieszko Kaczmarczyk Administrator IT

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/14/2011 06:05 AM, Glenn wrote: On 3/14/11 5:40 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: Further to Fernando's post I'd like to add a thought. I hadn't noticed the project planning thing, but it seems to me that (aside from that?) What LO misses, compared to M$Office, is an email facility. I'd suggest tha

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Fernando Hildebrand
Well, since there´s already thunderbird, and it´s really really good, and it´s alredy well integrated into major distros(Ubuntu, etc...), don´t really feel that integrating it into LO would be so great, since it´s already integrated into desktop enviroment. Of course one could say that TJ is alrea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Glenn
On 3/14/11 5:40 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: Further to Fernando's post I'd like to add a thought. I hadn't noticed the project planning thing, but it seems to me that (aside from that?) What LO misses, compared to M$Office, is an email facility. I'd suggest that Virtual Access (www.virtual-access.o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread C
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:40, Mark Stanton wrote: > Further to Fernando's post I'd like to add a thought. > > I hadn't noticed the project planning thing, but it seems to me that > (aside from that?) What LO misses, compared to M$Office, is an email > facility. > > I'd suggest that Virtual Access

[libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

2011-03-14 Thread Mark Stanton
Further to Fernando's post I'd like to add a thought. I hadn't noticed the project planning thing, but it seems to me that (aside from that?) What LO misses, compared to M$Office, is an email facility. I'd suggest that Virtual Access (www.virtual-access.org) would be a good fit. It's a stable