Stars Update Excellent

Wed Jan 12 04:13:48 UTC 2011

A more apt comparison would be between a nice rare-medium rare steak and
that soy+reprocessed beef scrap slurry formed into a McPuke patty ;)

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

> 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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