Stars Update Excellent

James james2432 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 02:52:17 UTC 2011 

I'd say linux to be something more healthy like broccoli or kidney beans
where as m$ is junkfood(sure it's pretty sweet, but think of the problems
you will have down the line if you continue...)

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

> That's the problem.. You can't switch to steak without missing the gruely
> blandness... That's why they need to disguise the steak so it at least looks
> like gruel, so the gruel-addicts can swallow it while they're adjusting to
> their new diet.
>
>
> 2011/1/11 James <james2432 at gmail.com>
>
>> 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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