I have used Office 97... AFAIK everything has the same format as 2000 and XP, except Access XP which introduces an incompatible format (but still defaults to the 2000 format)
My understanding was '95 could still read anything produced by 97, and would just ignore any "added features."
But I could be wrong... I used to save documents in real text format anyway.
New versions of Excel are allways backwards compatible. In the event that something feature would need to be added to the.xls format, old versions of excel - and Gnumeric - would still be able to read everything else.
Sort of like HTML... if a browser encounters a flag it is not familiar with, it just ignores it.
> Actually, I respect BSD. Wouldn't mind tinkering with it.
And then:
> Maybe when Photoshop and Lightwave make their way to Linux I'll switch. Hopefully, by then, Linux will be less reliant on their damned CLI to keep the machine going.
BSD really has nothing on Linux, especially in terms of its potential for applications like PS and LW being ported. And BSD is equally dependent on the CLI.
So.. why not just tinker with Linux in preperation for the day when your fav. apps are availeable for it?
Slashdot Mirror
Another endless blackhole of money.. for a good drive anyway.
er, I meant "rich" text format. Heh, been awhile.
I have used Office 97... AFAIK everything has the same format as 2000 and XP, except Access XP which introduces an incompatible format (but still defaults to the 2000 format)
My understanding was '95 could still read anything produced by 97, and would just ignore any "added features."
But I could be wrong... I used to save documents in real text format anyway.
If Internet did not exist, or if I lived in a country w/o internet, then I would have a ham license.
But as it stands, isn't ham radio kind of pointless?
> The other 59.999999% use windows
.05% MacOS.
No, its 59.949999%. You have to allow for the
Oh, ok. Thanks for the cue.
More than a single website, yes, much more. More than all the pages it links to (the whole internet)... not a chance.
Congress needs to make it illegal for corporations to buy votes from Congress members!
Uh, fat chance... they want the money.
New versions of Excel are allways backwards compatible. In the event that something feature would need to be added to the .xls format, old versions of excel - and Gnumeric - would still be able to read everything else.
Sort of like HTML... if a browser encounters a flag it is not familiar with, it just ignores it.
Its the difference between you and a monkey.
Fair enough?
Read "The Age of Intelligent Machines" and "The Age of Spiritual Machines" by Raymond Kurzweil if you want a reasonable explanation to that.
So you don't think hosting Slashdot itself takes more resources than hosting a site Slashdot links to?
I'll have some of whatever you are having.
> At what point do you have a responsibility to the code that you spawned
Obviously a troll, but I'd say my criteria is "self awareness." That's all that is important.
> We must band together to ban optic nerves!
....for a total distance of about 2 feet.
You work for a Braille company, don't you?
Anyway, unlike light RFID signals travel through walls!
Does this DMCA business apply to Samba?
If not, why would it apply to the MSN Messenger network?
Is it because the Messenger network is centralized?
Aha, well.. my summary of the Linux v. BSD situation is:
Just about every Linux distro is superior to FreeBSD in every respect.
OpenBSD is awesome for secure servers.
NetBSD is good for portability.
In that case the obvious choice is OpenBSD.
Oh, okay. If thats your opinion of Linux, I really do not want to be around when you try BSD.
Being well rounded is good, but my point stands. Linux is much more usefull for you than BSD.
Right, I'm just saying you should tinker with a system that you might actually end up using.
Indeed, why don't they just ask these guys?
Oh, ic.
Well explain to me how you can say:
> Actually, I respect BSD. Wouldn't mind tinkering with it.
And then:
> Maybe when Photoshop and Lightwave make their way to Linux I'll switch. Hopefully, by then, Linux will be less reliant on their damned CLI to keep the machine going.
BSD really has nothing on Linux, especially in terms of its potential for applications like PS and LW being ported. And BSD is equally dependent on the CLI.
So.. why not just tinker with Linux in preperation for the day when your fav. apps are availeable for it?
IMHO BSD is useless for someone in your trade.
I thought people like your were all about Apple... ;)
Thats a moot point. OSS absolutely excells at running on legacy hardware.
As for Windows (which we aren't very concerned about in this story), I have found support for hardware less than five years old to be acceptable.
> You're in the 'cool club' if you hate Linux.
Of course! Other than relaxed licensing, that is pretty much the only reason to use FreeBSD in lieu of Linux.
Net/Open BSD are a seperate issue though, as they have good niche applications.