Stars Update Excellent

[James]

Oh god... how to look like m$ and remain free......

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

> When Microsoft tried to blackmail China into paying for Windows licenses
> (since they were pirating a lot), their government just commissioned Red
> Flag Linux ;)
>
>
> 2011/1/11 James <james2432 at gmail.com>
>
>> 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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