I use openoffice portable so its handy when I need it but out of the way (not using computer resources when I don't use it). I do the same with the chrome browser as it launches too many processes for my tastes. I don't use Microsoft Office as its too integrated with the OS. I want my computer to be like a transformer Lamborghini not an overburdened bus. I put 32gb of ram in each of my computers and I still feel that way as I have my own plans for the data space.
One slightly annoying behavior of openoffice to fix is sometimes when I start it the first time it complains about needing to clean up and quits before starting but it works the second time I try, however then it tends to state it is recovering documents I last worked on when I already have them saved and puts them into a read only state. In addition, there is document formats that probably need to be added. On the ancient side, there is Wordstar which I discovered I still have old resumes written in and have to resort to a different tool to recover their valuable content. On the current side, I am suspicious that the latest Word like formats supported are getting stale with the Office fans out there. Hopefully these are not beyond our reach. I don't personally care about spreadsheet file formats at this time as I only use them for my own experiments nor for presentation formats usually although I may care for those soon. I do care about some recent new spreadsheet misbehaviors with moderately sized data sets I have been seeing which I don't like... mostly regarding auto filters that cause weird results that are difficult to undo. This problem interferes with my efforts to develop the information I need for a special new kindle book on SQL. Do we have a comprehensive list of the latest formats, bugs, and important features that should be supported but may not be? Note I am willing to use github for public projects and I am using Atlassian Bitbucket for my private projects as I can have 4 coworkers in it for free in that we can use to get started saving the world from data overload. ________________________________ From: Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:44 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Introduction of: R J Wahl CCing R J for the answer below. When someone is new, please reply to list+sender. R J, you may want to subscribe to the list, see https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#recruitment-mailing-list-public Mailing Lists - Apache OpenOffice - Project Website<https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#recruitment-mailing-list-public> openoffice.apache.org Mailing Lists Apache OpenOffice Public Mailing Lists¶ We welcome you to join our mailing lists and let us know about your thoughts or ideas about Apache OpenOffice. . Andrea. On 20/10/2017 David Larson wrote: > Hi R J, > > What programming languages are you learning/using and what are your interests? > > > ________________________________ > From: Arjay Woodmaster <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Introduction of: R J Wahl > > Hi I am R J Wahl. > I am from South Africa. > I am interested in general programming, computers and heavy metal. > > I decided to look at open source projects as a learning curve towards > becoming a better programmer. > > Thanks > R J Wahl >
