Stars Update Excellent

[James]

Sometimes I think I was born on the wrong continent, Europe is ahead in many
things...(openess, techno....)

I wish we didn't live in a world where people pay to get their way...

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sure there's also a lot of "lobbying" (greasing) in that market. Quite
> a few of those proprietary platforms invest quite a bit of cash to maintain
> their vendor lock-in. Europe's a bit better and more open to open platforms.
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it's going to be a tough go.
>> People think there is only Microsoft.
>>
>> I am starting to understand the challenge, people are stuck in their ways.
>> I'm not changing unless others do, people are afraid of change.
>> College teaches with Microsoft because most businesses use it.
>> We need to go after businesses at the same time.
>>
>> When I owned Candive, Ontario until 2005, if I had known there was a free
>> alternative I would have used it.
>> But I was never afraid of trying something new.
>>
>> Go! Linux! Go!
>>
>>
>> On 8 January 2011 22:41, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you very much everyone.
>>> I really hope this works.
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 January 2011 05:44, swfiua at gmail.com <swfiua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> PyUno is my favourite tool for OO automation:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PyUNO_samples
>>>>
>>>> gnumeric is well worth a try as another Excel replacement.   Abiword is
>>>> a good, lightweight word replacement too.
>>>>
>>>> Re: i the school asks for Office, that is what you should give them.   I
>>>> find they are often not aware there are alternatives, so you should first
>>>> show them the alternatives.   Don't over-sell them, but make them aware
>>>> there are alternatives.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Tek Ang <rugbeeprop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is something that keeps me to stay with Excel. Also, I heavily use
>>>>> the VBA to automate many things on the Excel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Btw, does anyone know a good resource to go to if I was going to learn
>>>>> about VBA equivalent in OO?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tek
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com>
>>>>> *To:* The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>> *Sent:* Fri, January 7, 2011 5:21:26 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Stars Update Excellent
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to admit that if I had to use a spreadsheet for work, I'd stick
>>>>> with Excel. I found OOo calc to be a bit cumbersome and lacking in plugins
>>>>> such as ASAP and Microcharts, which are *very *useful in my line of
>>>>> work. Fortunately I don't do any more ground method data preprocessing.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Leigh Honeywell <leigh at hypatia.ca>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been running Office 2007 in Crossover for around a year and it's
>>>>>> fantastic (well, as fantastic as Office can be :) ).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sadly, Office 2010 is known not to work under Crossover:
>>>>>> http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name?app_id=7437which
>>>>>> means that it definitely won't work under Wine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Leigh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11-01-07 03:58 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>>>>> > Try Crossover Linux (formerly Crossover Office). It's a paid
>>>>>> product,
>>>>>> > but probably offers the best Windows emulation going.  And it
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> > require a Windows license to run (although the school probably does
>>>>>> need
>>>>>> > an Office2010 license). Office 2010 isn't on the list of "official"
>>>>>> > supported applications, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't work.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Codeweavers, who make Crossover Linux, are a major contributor to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > Wine project.  I think that much of the Crossover code eventually
>>>>>> finds
>>>>>> > its way into Wine.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Of course, if the school really wants to figure out Linux then they
>>>>>> > should actually use Linux, and actually use native Linux
>>>>>> applications
>>>>>> > (and, preferably, open document formats too).
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --Bob.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Bob Jonkman<bjonkman at sobac.com>          http://sobac.com/sobac/
>>>>>> > SOBAC Microcomputer Services              Voice: +1-519-669-0388
>>>>>> > 6 James Street, Elmira ON  Canada  N3B 1L5  Cel: +1-519-635-9413
>>>>>> > Software   ---   Office&  Business Automation   ---   Consulting
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On 11-01-07 01:09 PM, Chris wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Hi all,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I have been in contact with my Georgian College Prof (dos)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Today I dropped off two desktops, 1 Edubuntu & 1 Ubuntu, 2 power
>>>>>> cords
>>>>>> >> and 2 keyboards.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> They will be installed in the Georgian College Library next week to
>>>>>> >> introduce Students to Linux and Promote our Stars Program.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> *_The College also needs to know if Microsoft Office 2010 will run
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> >> the above computers?? (wine?) I do not have Office 2010. Please
>>>>>> Help._*
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I also met with the Sydenham Public School Principal, he will be
>>>>>> >> bringing it up at his board meeting and with the Blue
>>>>>> >> Water District School Board
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I was unable to meet with the O.S.C.V.I. High School Principal but
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> >> did leave our calling card and Stars description for her.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I see no problem with moving the desktops.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Chris
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Linux Pusher
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
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>>>>>> >> Supplying Technology to At Risk Students
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>
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