CBCran a little feature on OpenOffice.org on Thursday in which columnist Jim Brey discissed, briefly, Open Source generally and Open Office specifically. You can listen to it here. Given that this is MainStream media, this is a solid endorsement for Open Office.
In a ZDNet interview Microsoft's Jeff Raikes stated"We can say there's only about 10 percent or 20 percent of the features that we'll use, but your 10 percent is going to be different from my 10 percent."
With the majority of the "Real Work" being done with 10 percent (+/-) of the features, I'd say OOo has a good chance to make serious inroads into the market. I still use Star Office on one of my laptops but will be looking at Open Office very soon.
After seeing the first movie, which wasn't bad, I can wait. In fact, it is entirely possible that I will wait until the "Final" movie is released and get the "Super Mega Ultra Complete (untill the Sequel/Prequel) Boxed Set Collectors Version Directors Cut" and waste a whole week watching it. Or I might just keep my money in my pocket and read a good book.
Ah, there's the rub. When I buy a product, be it a car, a blender, etc...,I can see the warranty before I shell out my hard earned $. When I purchase software, I have to tear the shrink wrap and attempt to install it before I see the ELUA. Most vendors do not accept returns on opened software products. That's why I try to use free OS Software as often as possible.
I keep one copy of the important stuff, data, configs, apps and the like at work. The OS, I can always download when the insurance kicks in for the PCs and laptops.
The fire may burn for less than 2 hours but the safe itself will retain the heat for much longer. When a local bank burned, the safe was safe (pun intended) but couldn't be opened for more than 24 hours. If it had been opened before it cooled to a safe temperature, the contents would have ignited with the combination of residual heat and oxygen. Could any media tolerate this type of sustained exposure? No, our daily backups were in there and they were "Toast".
An engineer dies and reports to the Pearly Gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says: "Ah, you're an engineer, but you worked for a high-tech startup company and got rich. You have had too good of a life, so now you can't come in here."
So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators. The computers are all upgraded and there are speaker wires running to every room. Even the clocks on the VCRs are set. The engineer becomes a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators. The computers are faster than ever and we've got music in every room. There's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake, he should never have gotten down there! Send him up here, now."
Satan shouts back, "No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right....and just where are YOU going to find a lawyer?"
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A horse walks into a bar and sits down. The bartender says "Why the long face?"
A programmer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week." The programmer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the programmer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"
The programmer said, "Look I'm a programmer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool."
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Don't send the power supply for the laptop.
That way, "Battery not included".
Prior Art; USPTO Sucks; I'm going to patent...;
Hasn't this been done with...; etc, etc, ad nauseum.
CBCran a little feature on OpenOffice.org on Thursday in which columnist Jim Brey discissed, briefly, Open Source generally and Open Office specifically. You can listen to it here.
Given that this is MainStream media, this is a solid endorsement for Open Office.
In a ZDNet interview Microsoft's Jeff Raikes stated"We can say there's only about 10 percent or 20 percent of the features that we'll use, but your 10 percent is going to be different from my 10 percent."
With the majority of the "Real Work" being done with 10 percent (+/-) of the features, I'd say OOo has a good chance to make serious inroads into the market. I still use Star Office on one of my laptops but will be looking at Open Office very soon.
Keep on sniffing, please.
The alleged spammer can sue in civil court (which allows suits for almost any reason)
Who is he going to sue?
So sue bitch
Time for a new nic?
Hubris
So, in other words, YAAACWYHSUYA.
(You Are An Anonymous Coward With Your Head Stuck Up Your Ass)
After seeing the first movie, which wasn't bad, I can wait.
In fact, it is entirely possible that I will wait until the "Final" movie is released and get the "Super Mega Ultra Complete (untill the Sequel/Prequel) Boxed Set Collectors Version Directors Cut" and waste a whole week watching it.
Or I might just keep my money in my pocket and read a good book.
Who moderated this as "Troll"?
There are some seriously Humor-impaired people with Mod points!
Is that like "Sh*t for Brains"?
Ah, there's the rub.
When I buy a product, be it a car, a blender, etc...,I can see the warranty before I shell out my hard earned $.
When I purchase software, I have to tear the shrink wrap and attempt to install it before I see the ELUA.
Most vendors do not accept returns on opened software products.
That's why I try to use free OS Software as often as possible.
Death Gate?
I keep one copy of the important stuff, data, configs, apps and the like at work. The OS, I can always download when the insurance kicks in for the PCs and laptops.
The fire may burn for less than 2 hours but the safe itself will retain the heat for much longer.
When a local bank burned, the safe was safe (pun intended) but couldn't be opened for more than 24 hours. If it had been opened before it cooled to a safe temperature, the contents would have ignited with the combination of residual heat and oxygen.
Could any media tolerate this type of sustained exposure? No, our daily backups were in there and they were "Toast".
Software demo, User interface, Instructor..Adele says "Enter first name - Adele; last name, lets say "Doe", so I'm "Adele Doe"...
Honest, even I couldn't make that up.
Yes, but who did the "cool kids" talk to when they opened an attachment in hotmail that toasted their PC?
You're in the Dev group I do software testing for, aren't you?
I suddenly grew a foot and a half
...rimshot...
It must have been a bugger trying to buy shoes...
Wow, you made it to grade 6. My first altercation was grade 3 over being a geek and having a physical disability.
Nobody won, principal broke it up.
Don't computer geeks only 1's and 0's?
An engineer dies and reports to the Pearly Gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says: "Ah, you're an engineer, but you worked for a high-tech startup company and got rich. You have had too good of a life, so now you can't come in here."
So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators. The computers are all upgraded and there are
speaker wires running to every room. Even the clocks on the VCRs are set. The engineer becomes a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators. The computers are faster than ever and we've got music in every room. There's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake, he should never have gotten down there! Send him up here, now."
Satan shouts back, "No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right....and just where are YOU going to find a lawyer?"
A horse walks into a bar and sits down.
The bartender says "Why the long face?"
A programmer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess."
He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week."
The programmer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want."
Again the programmer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"
The programmer said, "Look I'm a programmer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool."