On 10/25/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Email = Thunderbird or Mozilla or ....
Can I send an email directly through Writer with those programs? Does my spell-check dictionary syncronize with those programs? I have no use for a publisher, templates or macros that I don't create. Good for you! I have no use for a Vector Graphics program, so can we remove Draw from the codebase? Just because *you* don't need it, doesn't mean it's not needed. Desktop Publishing fills a huge need. Ask Adobe how many people need desktop publishing, or Microsoft, or Scribus.... Clipart is all over the web and most are free. I can legally purchase > an awful lot of clipart for the price of Office. Heck with draw or > GIMP I can create my own clipart. I'm glad you're so talented! I, however, can't create my own clip art. And as far as finding "free" clip art online - that's a huge hassel, and you're never sure if what you get can legally be used (copyright laws and such). If OOo came with a decent amount of public domain clip art, or if there was a separate OOo Clipart download, all GPL or pd or whatever, that would suffice. And the Open Clip Art Library doesn't work with OOo (since OOo has no SVG import), so that's no help. None of that helps with templates. And since all the old depositatories of OOo Templates (like OOoExtras, etc.) are (a) abandoned (b) really old (c) hard to find, unless you've been with the project for over a year and (d) based on the now obsolete OpenOffice Format.... We need some new stuff. Heck, most of the old website's domainnames are now ad-sites! If you need the extra features of a commercial product, purchase > StarOffice and still save money. StarOffice still doesn't include email. StarOffice still doesn't have a DTP. StarOffice still doesn't run on Mac. -Chad Smith
