In response to: "Major Apologies" 1465 days old
by  [Visitor]

Sounds very interesting. I just downloaded OO 2.0. Looks very smooth I must say.
Am keen to learn what will and will not work on the office network desktop as far as Linux is concerned. And how much I can put into operation on my own!

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In response to: "Random..." 1495 days old
by  [Visitor]

And now Sun and Google look set to link up. That should be interesting. Coupled with the new launch of MS Vista next year. its raising the ante all the time. If it makes things tougher for the cyber invaders.. then hurrah to all of it!!
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In response to: "Random..." 1499 days old
by  [Visitor]

Thanks I got that now. The standalone version of sunbird is better I think
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In response to: "Random..." 1501 days old
by OSS-Fan [Member]

Have a look at this URL: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/download.html#download_firefox
About halfway down the page are the install links for the Calendar for Thunderbird. I've only used Sunbird, the stand-alone version, but it is quite good. I would imagine that this would be as good. Cheers, Doug more…

In response to: "Random..." 1502 days old
by  [Visitor]

Time is in such short supply. And why is that? It because of all computers, dang them... "toot toot".
I just wish Thunderbird would include an integrated calendar. A serious ommision in my view.
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In response to: "Apology..." 1511 days old
by  [Visitor]

did you know that Microsoft have actually included some Open Source code in their update of Server2003.... horray.....!! more…

In response to: "News for Week (ending 09/09/05)" 1519 days old
by  [Visitor]

China is an interesting prospect. How many millions of PCs could actually find there way into Chinese homes!!
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In response to: "New Format" 1524 days old
by  [Visitor]

Interesting report. I suspect that Microsoft will just slug it out until the bitter though. That is their pattern of behaviour to date. "Our way.. or no way". Still they may find that they have no choice!
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In response to: "Another Light Day" 1529 days old
by  [Visitor]

!n the OSs suite, I think it s a great pity that one application that seems to have been avoided, is a contacts database management system, similar to Outlook. Perhaps this will surface in later variants!
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In response to: "Just a Few Lines..." 1530 days old
by  [Visitor]

OK .. I shall follow your blog closely on this!
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In response to: "LUGs!" 1531 days old
by  [Visitor]

Yeah ..It will be interesting to see how that develops!
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In response to: "LUGs!" 1531 days old
by OSS-Fan [Member]

Yes, I was reading one of the OpenOffice.org email-groups and apparently the Brazil OOo group handed out 750 OpenOffice.org CDs at a recent state lawyers convention. They are now planning to set-up training sessions on the software. No doubt the general idea of FOSS will be discussed at these sessions too, if not already. more…

In response to: "LUGs!" 1532 days old
by  [Visitor]

I see that Brazil have made a politcal decsion to turn their national noses up at Microsoft.. in favour of Linux. I wonder how many PCs in Venezuela or powered from Redmond!
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In response to: "LUGs!" 1535 days old
by  [Visitor]

Thanks for the links. The idea of "live" cd appeals to me
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In response to: "OOo Writer Wins!" 1536 days old
by OSS-Fan [Member]

Aah! I've figured out how to reply to comments. Anyway, I have to admit that I fall back to Excel at work sometimes when I get frustrated with Calc. Although I some cases I know Calc is capable of the task, I'm just still used to Excel. There's a free 'plugin' to Excel called ASAP Utilities (http://www.asap-utilities.com/) that performs some wonder more…

In response to: "OOo Writer Wins!" 1537 days old
by  [Visitor]

Great link. I use OO in preference to MS Word, If for no other reason, than I have found it to be more stable. I would like to see a comparison between the respective spreadsheets though. I have found that Excel knocks the spots of anything else I have seen and wish the open source version were as user friendly.
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In response to: "Why a Blog Spot for OSS?" 1541 days old
by OSS-Fan [Member]

Reply to blackjuan's comment:
Thank you for the comment, it is very appreciated and quite common in the corporate market. Safety is a 'hot' topic in OSS and I tend to use the analogy that 'if the bonnet of your car had a lock on it, would you be happy if the local dealership had the only set of keys?'. Having access to the source code is like more…

In response to: "Why a Blog Spot for OSS?" 1543 days old
by blackjuan [Member]

I beg to differ, OSS sounds good on paper, but the reality is companies will need the safety of an establisge company taking great care in its brand and they will willingly pay for such a product, instead of basing their feature on something that is an ideology. more…

In response to: "Why a Blog Spot for OSS?" 1546 days old
by  [Visitor]

totally agree with you on this... I have found (in my limited experience) that open source solutions prove the cheapest and easiest of business solutions.. best of all it's free..

the problem seems to be on two fronts... confidence, ie the untested against Mircrosoft et al, and lack of quality support staff who area not just trained to more…