Stars Update Excellent

Wed Jan 12 02:20:43 UTC 2011

Well, they're heading in our direction, so I don't have too much hope for
them. Just look at how many European countries got bamboozeled by Microsoft
when it pushed their "open" doc standard through the ISO process. ESRI reps
are beginning to run out of bushes on their campuses. Ironically, China and
Russia are the biggest champions of FLOSS lol.

2011/1/11 James <james2432 at gmail.com>

> 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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>>>>>>> >> www.bglug.ca <http://www.bglug.ca/>
>>>>>>> >> Supplying Technology to At Risk Students
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>
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