Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-27 Thread Kay Schenk
On 11/24/2014 11:00 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > Let's imagine a roller coaster. > > But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as > well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is > *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me nots

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-25 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Louis, Am 24.11.2014 um 20:00 schrieb Louis Suárez-Potts: Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me n

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Kay Schenk wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: Would be cool to do something like this: http://historyofbitcoin.org/ Yes, it would, and I think we have this timeline somewhere...I'll try to locate it. We used it for the "end of year" post on 31 Dec 2103: https://

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > 2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts : > >> >> > On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk wrote: >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> > >> >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the >>

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me nots trod under history's sneakers. It's time that's been spent m

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-24 Thread Kay Schenk
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Roberto Galoppini < roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts : > > > > > > On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > > > >> Those who know the history

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Roberto Galoppini
2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts : > > > On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the > >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came fro

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
> On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a >> proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOff

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-23 Thread Kay Schenk
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the > continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a > proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself > started as StarWriter, an application

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-14 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 13/11/14 17:23, Malte Timmermann wrote: > Hi Louis, > > On 28.10.2014 21:12, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: >> Hi Malte, >> >>> And you are right wrt many early developers working for Open-Xchange >>> now :) >> >> Yes, and perhaps one day we’ll even see something (I joke; there is >> already so

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-11-13 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Louis, On 28.10.2014 21:12, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi Malte, And you are right wrt many early developers working for Open-Xchange now :) Yes, and perhaps one day we’ll even see something (I joke; there is already something). Actually everyone can look at the demo version of App

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-28 Thread jonathon
On 27/10/14 19:05, Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: > When is the English language dictionary going to be fixed in the spell > checker application? a) Which English dictionary are you referring to; b) Which cant are you referring to; c) What is wrong with it, that it, in your opinion, needs fixi

RE: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) - OOPS

2014-10-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
glish dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) There is no wrong answer here. The question is, do you want to fix your immediate problem, or are you willing to wait until there is something in the installer to destroy your profile every time you install an update, or something else? A

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-28 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi Malte, > On 2014-10 -28, at 04:22, Malte Timmermann wrote: > > Hi Louis, > > I am not interested in being interviewed in a podcast, but if you have > specific questions, just let me know. Private email to my web.de account, as > I don't follow the mails on the AOO/LO lists on a regular bas

RE: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
hitfield III [mailto:awhitfi...@vital-inet.com] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 20:07 To: market...@openoffice.apache.org Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) Wrong answer.The end user should not have to fix anything it should work w

Re: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-28 Thread Alphonso Whitfield III
t: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary) On 27/10/2014 Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: > When is the English language dictionary going to be fixed in the spell > checker application? The English dictionary is not supposed to be fixed since it already works. If it doesn

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-28 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Louis, I am not interested in being interviewed in a podcast, but if you have specific questions, just let me know. Private email to my web.de account, as I don't follow the mails on the AOO/LO lists on a regular base, except for the security lists. And you are right wrt many early develo

Re: English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-27 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 28/10/2014 Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: Wrong answer.The end user should not have to fix anything it should work when the product is downloaded or the application should not be included in the download. It worked without difficulty prior to the latest version being released. I sent true end u

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Kay Schenk
On 10/27/2014 11:53 AM, Malte Timmermann wrote: > Honestly, I don't agree on 30th Anniversary, but see 2015 as 25th > Anniversary. > > StarWriter for text screens was written in Lueneburg near Hamburg. In > Pascal. By people which later didn't work on StarWriter for Windows. > > In 1990, Marco

English dictionary (Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary)

2014-10-27 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 27/10/2014 Alphonso Whitfield III wrote: When is the English language dictionary going to be fixed in the spell checker application? The English dictionary is not supposed to be fixed since it already works. If it doesn't work for you, try resettin your user profile. There are plenty of ex

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Alphonso Whitfield III
- From: "Louis Suárez-Potts" To: "marketing" Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 1:57:48 PM Subject: Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary Malte! So, you do realize this is probably one of the very very few witness accounts we have of the o

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Malte! So, you do realize this is probably one of the very very few witness accounts we have of the origins of StarOffice? (later OpenOffice) ... and if you were to consent to writing more--or being interviewed in a podcast for more--we, or at least I, would be grateful... and better informed of th

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-27 Thread Malte Timmermann
Honestly, I don't agree on 30th Anniversary, but see 2015 as 25th Anniversary. StarWriter for text screens was written in Lueneburg near Hamburg. In Pascal. By people which later didn't work on StarWriter for Windows. In 1990, Marco started the new StarDivision location in Hamburg. StarWrite

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-26 Thread Kay Schenk
On 10/24/2014 07:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the > continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a > proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself > started as StarWriter, an application written i

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
> On 2014-10 -24, at 11:15, Roberto Galoppini > wrote: > > 2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir : > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a >> proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffic

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Marcus
Thats a great idea. Unfortunately, I'm not a very "old-timer" so I cannot help with appropriate hardware or software. But maybe with writting texts or translating from German. Marcus Am 10/24/2014 04:41 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the cont

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > 2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir : > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a >> proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice,

Re: 2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Roberto Galoppini
2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir : > Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the > continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a > proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself > started as StarWriter, an application written in 1

2015 -- Our 30th Anniversary

2014-10-24 Thread Rob Weir
Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself started as StarWriter, an application written in 1985 by Marco Börries . So next year, in 2015,