Stars Update Excellent

Wed Jan 12 02:29:28 UTC 2011

Especially that Poutine(*mmmm poutine..*drules**) said that they will be
using FOSS in the government(including the O/S)

2011/1/11 Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com>

> 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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>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>
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