I used to have a far longer list but most issues have been taken care of within the last year, however I still would like to see an *.exe equivilent. I think that until that happens getting joe user to swich will never happen. Most users of windows I know arn't brave enough to switch the default installation folder in a windows based program, nevermind asking them to.config/make/make install...etc not to mention search for a hundred rpms.
Secondly is application quality. OO is not office, I would love it to be, but it isn't. I am still hopeful that these problems will be taken care of soon.
As tech people isn't it the overall goal to assure that the common people have no need to learn about the technology behind a given product? Overall a tech divide is what we want. A tech-utopia would be something equivalent to that star trek episode. The one where all those people had no idea how anything worked, or why it was there, they only new that some ancient computer was running the world and everything worked out fine.
In reality the Dummies series shouldn't exist. Hopefully this period where people are in need to buy learning materials, or attempt to fix their product are numbered, or at least limited to catastrophic occurrences. So the next time someone prints a story like this pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
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I used to have a far longer list but most issues have been taken care of within the last year, however I still would like to see an *.exe equivilent. I think that until that happens getting joe user to swich will never happen. Most users of windows I know arn't brave enough to switch the default installation folder in a windows based program, nevermind asking them to .config/make/make install ...etc not to mention search for a hundred rpms.
Secondly is application quality. OO is not office, I would love it to be, but it isn't. I am still hopeful that these problems will be taken care of soon.
As tech people isn't it the overall goal to assure that the common people have no need to learn about the technology behind a given product? Overall a tech divide is what we want. A tech-utopia would be something equivalent to that star trek episode. The one where all those people had no idea how anything worked, or why it was there, they only new that some ancient computer was running the world and everything worked out fine. In reality the Dummies series shouldn't exist. Hopefully this period where people are in need to buy learning materials, or attempt to fix their product are numbered, or at least limited to catastrophic occurrences. So the next time someone prints a story like this pat yourself on the back for a job well done.