Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Monday 06 March 2006 11:27 \__
>
> > On 2006-03-06, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
> > something concerning:
> >> __/ [ Peter Köhlmann ] on Monday 06 March 2006 09:57 \__
> >>
> >>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:54:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3517/106/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In a nutshell, OO is said to be 10 years behind.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Why do Microsoft even bother to comment about the competition? I direct
> >>>>> the question at Larry.
> >>>>
> >>>> While parts of OO may be pretty up to date, overall OO *IS* about 10
> >>>> years
> >>>> behind other products. Even other non-Microsoft products, like Apple's
> >>>> Keynote.
> >>>>
> >>>> OO has no equivelent to InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Project,
> >>>> etc... (all part of the "office" system). OpenOffice's response to
> >>>> Access is feeble, and doesn't offer a fraction of the functionality of
> >>>> Access. Draw is ridiculously under powered compared to Visio.
> >>>>
> >>>> That's without even getting into the "core" apps (Word Processor,
> >>>> Spreadsheet, Presentation). Of the three, OO Calc is probably the
> >>>> closes
> >>>> to matching the MS version. OO Writer is pretty comparable with Word
> >>>> for about 50% of the features, and OO Impress is light years behind
> >>>> Powerpoint.
> >>>>
> >>>> Finally, when Office 12 ships, this is going to push OOo back even
> >>>> further. One feature alone will seriously show how far behind OOo is,
> >>>> and that's "live" preview, which shows what the result of various
> >>>> actions will be in your text live before applying.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, granted, some basic word processing is all that lots of people
> >>>> need. But lots of other people need more.
> >>>
> >>> See, Erik?
> >>>
> >>> FUD. FUD. And FUD.
> >>> Nothing than FUD from you. You have not even bothered to substantiate
> >>> with examples where and why you think that OO is so horrible.
> >>> Nope. You simply claimed it is
> >>> BTW, why is the NTFS journals location so much better than the EXT3 one?
> >>> This is just another example of one of your claims which don't have the
> >>> slightest shred of truth to them
> >>
> >> ...He also hijacked the thread as I was looking forward to Larry's
> >> response. To add context, Larry argued that COLA participants do nothing
> >> but complain about software from Microsoft.
> >
> > Erik hijacks every chance he gets. And it nearly always ends up
> > inspiring more of the anti-M$ stuff that he's (and Larry's) claiming
> > because it will include some anti-linux/anti-OSS material at the same
> > time (sometimes more subtle than others) or some unsupportable pro-
> > monopoly line of hoo-hah.
> >
> > I noted when I saw it, too, that Erik decided he was Larry for the
> > purposes of "answering" (inserting of hijacking materials, falsehood,
> > diversion, supposition, advertising and FUD) your query.
> >
> > And I still say that Larry is seeing the symptom and calling it the
> > disease. The disease is, in reality, those like Erik, tab, Flatso,
> > DooFu$, Bilge et al. Take those away and watch the anti-M$ material
> > (the symptom) dwindle to near nothing.
> >
> > Now, back to Larry describing the high temperature brought on by the
> > sickness as though it _is_ the sickness......
>
> Hey, that last bit just ain't fair. Larry doesn't see everything as either
> black or white, so some folks here don't appreciate his presence. I am
> pleased enough to see an ex-Microsoft employee employing 2 SuSE machines and
> one Ubuntu machine, just as I do. It does say something.
>
Thanks Roy. We do live in an "analog world" and not everything is black
or white. I've said both good and bad things about both Linux and
Windows. I don't come into any thread prepared to defend or accuse any
OS. I simply post my opinions and observations with either OS.
Sometimes the Linux crowd may not like what I have to say and other
times the Windows crowd won't like it. I try to look at things open
minded but as soon as I say anything even slightly negative about
either platform someone immediately accuses me of bias. Even if what I
say is right and demonstrably true, it doesn't matter - I'm biased and
"looking for problems."
> By the way, sorry about the typos (subject line included). I am not moronic,
> but I just posted this reference in haste through a terminal while having
> breakfast. It was Slashdotted only minutes beforehand.
With the fast and furious posting going on here it's almost impossible
not to make errors or typos. I certainly don't bitch at anyone for it.
Simply because I do it myself.
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