I'm already a fan of Firebird. Maybe someone here could answer a question I couldn't find in the FAQ. Can I use Mozilla Mail or Thunderbird to access my Outlook *.pst file to use my stored e-mail addresses (which I keep synced with my palm pilot through Outlook)? I would happily switch over if it did that.
If not, maybe this is a plugin worth making. It would ease the transition of many current Outlook users. Oh, and please don't tell me I can import the addresses. That's no use to me if I can't keep things synchronized with my palm pilot.
Whenever OpenOffice.org gets discussed on here, I see plenty of people complaining about its speed. I guess people must be trying to run on the cheap with older, slower systems, because I've been very happy with version 1.0.3 on my middle-of-the-road 1.7 GHz laptop. And, yes, I have been a longtime user of MS Office, and I notice a slight load time difference. But if that's the complaint, then I think it's a minor thing.
Now to my main question. A few years ago, I decided to stop running software designated as alpha or beta releases. How does a Release Candidate differ from a beta version? Is it stable enough for the average user (one who isn't particularly interested in testing new software) to download and use?
That's a good point about it not being downloadable. Also, it seems the web has developed to the point where this could have been interfaced through a web server for the whole world to access online (ideally using open standards like XHTML and Ogg media formats).
I'm one of the old school suckers. I'm certainly capable of using online to purchase tracks, and then burning to a CD for listening in my car. I love albums, though. I just bought the new Radiohead album without even sampling one track, because I know I love their albums.
I'm not sure what my point was...oh yeah: Maybe, just maybe, it's about the integrity of their artwork, and not about the cut they're getting.
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The Michael Moore book is called Stupid White Men, not Stupid White American.
It comes down to the pricing. In the states we typically get a lot of minutes per month of voice calling to anywhere else in the lower 48 states at least. My particular service provider, Sprint PCS, wants extra money to allow me text messaging and then limits my to 50 messages a month, costing who knows how much per message after that. Other providers provide text messaging much cheaper, I'm told, but still it's more of a teenagers' thing. Adults usually have a service contract and plan that lets them just talk cheaply.
Believe it or not, when I watched the original V broadcast, the whole Nazi thing completely missed me. I mean, it went way over my head. Of course, I was 10 at the time, so hopefully I can be forgiven.
Also, Marc Singer's nostrils creeped me out big time.
An open data format doesn't preclude the possibility that the data files couldn't be password protected and encrypted...as long as it is done in an openly defined way.
Anyway, my understanding of the proposal is that it would apply to files that are public in nature anyway. (I.e., work product of govenrnment employees, legislators, etc.) Nobody's trying to say that Joe Schmoe, private citizen, shouldn't be able to use whatever file formats he wishes.
If government agencies must use open data formats, the market will be induced to produce good products that satisfy that requirement. Even though we live in the most rabidly free-market capitalist nation in the world, a huge portion of our economy is still the public sector.
OK. So I started using "Mozilla Firebird" as my main browser a few weeks ago, because it's dead easy to configure, and I love the tabbed browsing. Does Mozilla 1.4 have the tabbed browsing, or do I have to wait for Mozilla Browser 1.5? (I apologize if I'm naming things wrong. It's just too damned confusing.)
One complaint about Mozilla Firebird: It would be nice if it would actually make use of the Windows Favorites folder, rather than just importing its contents on installation.
Thanks. I just looked at the Calendar add-on page, and it looks as if it doesn't have palm-syncing capability. The use of the ical format looked like a great thing, though. I have found a couple of projects since my last post. They're both in the very early stages, though. Any other leads would be appreciated.
I also set up POPfile on my laptop a few weeks ago, with similar results. In addition, I've started using it to sort my personal e-mail into various inboxes in Outlook, some of which I allow myself to read at work (family correspondence), others of which I hold off on (such as solicited advertising from sites like amazon.com) until I'm on my home connection.
On a related topic. Does anyone know a good Open Source alternative to Outlook? I want it to have an e-mail client, address book, to-do and notes and sync with my palm pilot (I use Windows XP).
An article month's PC Magazine mentioned this. The author shuddered at what a Microsoft Google would look like, perhaps something similar to the "teenage clutter" of MSN.
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I'm already a fan of Firebird. Maybe someone here could answer a question I couldn't find in the FAQ. Can I use Mozilla Mail or Thunderbird to access my Outlook *.pst file to use my stored e-mail addresses (which I keep synced with my palm pilot through Outlook)? I would happily switch over if it did that.
If not, maybe this is a plugin worth making. It would ease the transition of many current Outlook users. Oh, and please don't tell me I can import the addresses. That's no use to me if I can't keep things synchronized with my palm pilot.
Exactly. I thought the point of Gentoo is that for people who already have it installed, release versions become irrelevant.
Numberic? Is that anything like numeric?
Safety comes not only from your relative size to other vehicles, it also comes from being able to steer (or accelarate) out of harm's way.
I like Zinf. Good points about it: it's open source, and it's cross-platform.
Whenever OpenOffice.org gets discussed on here, I see plenty of people complaining about its speed. I guess people must be trying to run on the cheap with older, slower systems, because I've been very happy with version 1.0.3 on my middle-of-the-road 1.7 GHz laptop. And, yes, I have been a longtime user of MS Office, and I notice a slight load time difference. But if that's the complaint, then I think it's a minor thing.
Now to my main question. A few years ago, I decided to stop running software designated as alpha or beta releases. How does a Release Candidate differ from a beta version? Is it stable enough for the average user (one who isn't particularly interested in testing new software) to download and use?
That's a good point about it not being downloadable. Also, it seems the web has developed to the point where this could have been interfaced through a web server for the whole world to access online (ideally using open standards like XHTML and Ogg media formats).
I'm not sure what my point was...oh yeah: Maybe, just maybe, it's about the integrity of their artwork, and not about the cut they're getting.
The Michael Moore book is called Stupid White Men, not Stupid White American.
It comes down to the pricing. In the states we typically get a lot of minutes per month of voice calling to anywhere else in the lower 48 states at least. My particular service provider, Sprint PCS, wants extra money to allow me text messaging and then limits my to 50 messages a month, costing who knows how much per message after that. Other providers provide text messaging much cheaper, I'm told, but still it's more of a teenagers' thing. Adults usually have a service contract and plan that lets them just talk cheaply.
Believe it or not, when I watched the original V broadcast, the whole Nazi thing completely missed me. I mean, it went way over my head. Of course, I was 10 at the time, so hopefully I can be forgiven.
Also, Marc Singer's nostrils creeped me out big time.
Anyway, my understanding of the proposal is that it would apply to files that are public in nature anyway. (I.e., work product of govenrnment employees, legislators, etc.) Nobody's trying to say that Joe Schmoe, private citizen, shouldn't be able to use whatever file formats he wishes.
If government agencies must use open data formats, the market will be induced to produce good products that satisfy that requirement. Even though we live in the most rabidly free-market capitalist nation in the world, a huge portion of our economy is still the public sector.
OK. So I started using "Mozilla Firebird" as my main browser a few weeks ago, because it's dead easy to configure, and I love the tabbed browsing. Does Mozilla 1.4 have the tabbed browsing, or do I have to wait for Mozilla Browser 1.5? (I apologize if I'm naming things wrong. It's just too damned confusing.) One complaint about Mozilla Firebird: It would be nice if it would actually make use of the Windows Favorites folder, rather than just importing its contents on installation.
I also set up POPfile on my laptop a few weeks ago, with similar results. In addition, I've started using it to sort my personal e-mail into various inboxes in Outlook, some of which I allow myself to read at work (family correspondence), others of which I hold off on (such as solicited advertising from sites like amazon.com) until I'm on my home connection.
On a related topic. Does anyone know a good Open Source alternative to Outlook? I want it to have an e-mail client, address book, to-do and notes and sync with my palm pilot (I use Windows XP).
An article month's PC Magazine mentioned this. The author shuddered at what a Microsoft Google would look like, perhaps something similar to the "teenage clutter" of MSN.