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OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enoughSadly, it falls short of my needsI have a spreadsheet that works beautifully in Excel. It's unbelievably slow for OpenOffice Calc. 12 minutes to open, each drop down takes 2 minutes to register.No scripts, just formulas.RE: OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Office, object-oriented, OK now OpenOffice, OO 2.4, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

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Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.

My kids know Linux, OSX, and XP, and will obviously learn Windows 7, butskip Vista, though they will have contact with Vista. My son prefers OSX, my daughter Ubuntu.But, just like every kid should be taught at least two languages at home, they should also learn multiple OSes. Learning multiple...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, desktop Linux, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Stinks to be the CIO: The 2010 IT budget may spike to 2006 resource levels

wowOne would think with our new leader money wouldbe flowing with millions of new jobs all overthe place.Since millions have lost jobs since his automakertake overs and giving banks Billions if not trillionsof dollars that went no where.Now free healthcare for all, that is right free withno cost to anyone....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, evil, reason business, Microsoft Corp., information technology, IT budget

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Upgrading to Windows 7 - Your questions answered!

OK Adrian. Now, do the same thing for Ubuntu 9.10.Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 and matrix is side-by-side with W7.One data pointI took my Dell Latitude E6500 (Core 2 Duo P9500, 4GB) from Vista x86 to Win7 x64 (clean install required for 32-bit to 64-bit upgrade). I downloaded the 64-bit Vista...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Notebooks, Karmic Koala, Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Migration Wizard, Microsoft Windows 7, fess up, Upgrading, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Microsoft's Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids?

I'd buy one instantlyThe Courier embodies everything I've wanted in a portable device for well over five years now - essentially an electronic pad/binder that works very similar to the physical counterpart. Notebooks are too cludgy (being clam-shells) and tablet PCs far too heavy (and still basically clam-shells), not...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp., Franklin Covey

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Students vs. Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps

Buyer bewareBefore people get too excited about Office Web Apps, they need to remember that:- Google's strength comes from its ability to create quality, innovative products, based on open standards. Google has even established the "Data Liberation Front" (http://www.dataliberation.org/), to make it easy to migrate user data in & out...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Web application, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?

Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Coming in 2010: New Mac Office, and finally, Outlook

NG - New Graphics... LOLYes we have new icons and more memory hogging resources!Run out now and purchase, in reality Open Officedoes everything for no cost.;)I have yet to find the perfect email clientBut Outlook seems to handle large amounts of email better than most. People save email for years...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail, virus

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word

"but we think it the verdict is fair"Well yeah, the winner usually does.RE: I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft WordThis guy is a liar. Microsoft needs to appeal the ruling otherwise any office suite may be in jeopardy. Not only that but i4i just immediately gave itself...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., patent, I4i, XML

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interfaceThey better follow Microsoft.Anyone who remember Jensen Harris' presentation at MIX08 knows that the Ribbon is the best thing to happen in user interface design in a long time. Lots of research went into it.OOo would be best-off using Microsoft's research...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Word processors, Microsoft Office, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevant

Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevantIt's the applications that'll be built that'll make or break it.If developers come up with enough useful applications then it might have a market.That said, have you ever tried to get data out of Google's AppEngine, out through Google's Web Toolkit...

Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?

Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?The blog title is very interestng.A few years ago such a title "Is Windows Good Enough To Pay For?" would be unthinkable. Of course! We all were in Worship mode - everything MS threw at us even if it was crap we paid for....

Tags: blog title, Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7add at least 60% if you are outside the US! ntnt @pico_D: It cost that much to remove the browser? :) nt:)(Meant to be a reply to message, not user)RE: Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7This isn't a deal for the versions of...

Tags: Operating systems, Corporate IT department, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Apple Patch Day: 67 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities

Apple Patch Day: 67 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilitiesHow about being a real journalistand giving us a count of patches in third-party open source components as opposed to actual OS X patches.One of the big complaints against Apple is that they are slow to update open source patches. So instead...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Apple Mac OS, OSX, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch management, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?

The last week has seen a lot of speculation about the future of Sun's open source projects now that the company has been absorbed by Oracle. Most of the fallout from Oracle's latest acquisition falls outside my realm of expertise or even interest. Some of my university readers...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-23