On 03/08/07, Adrian Try <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Adrian Try wrote: > >> Sharing files is the job of the operating system, not the office suite, > >> so what worked before for Excel should now be working for Calc. The > >> only difference is that Calc will not allow more than one user at a > >> time to open the file. > > Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Erm. Seems to me that the above is a contradiction in terms. Either it's > > the OS's job in which case Calc doesn't care or Calc cares and has > > arrogated the OS's job. > > It's the OS's job in which case Calc doesn't care, unlike Excel which > tries to do some of the work.
But Calc apparently *does* care: "... Calc will not allow more than one user at a time to open the file." - your words. So, just like Excel, Calc is doing some of the work; the work it's doing is actively to reduce the functionality provided by the OS. IMHO that's *worse* than Excel. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
