On 27-Aug-08, at 1:41 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> Please read Akhilesh's answer carefully and stop >> repeating >> the same thing. Staroffice is to Latex/Framemaker >> what a >> mid-size sedan is to an 18-wheeler. To the untrained >> eye, >> they appear to perform similar actions, but the >> actual overlap >> is really small. >> >>> Sorry, can't help it. :-) >> >> Please, try harder... >> >> florin >> >> -- >> Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. >> http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 >> EGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > I am asking you to do the same, too. Please read my series of > posts carefully. > > I am sensing a strong hostility in the Solaris community against > StarOfficce/OpenOffice.org. Perhaps it is no surprise that the > Solaris version of OpenOffice.org seriously (from the point of view > of an experienced user) lags that of other operating systems. > Actually, a couple of main stream Linux distros (e.g., SuSE and > Ubuntu) are using a forked (by Novell) version of OpenOffice.org. > If someone can help me port that version of OOo to OpenSolaris, I > will greatly appreciate it. (However, with this out-burst, I doubt > anyone will. :-) ) > > I don't doubt the superiority of LaTex/Framemaker in conjunction > with Distiller in producing nicely typeset books and brochures.
You missed the part about large scale teams, workflow, etc. OoO is meant for simple office tasks, not to replace industrial-scale documentation systems. > But how good is a tool if it produces a product that its intended > users can NOT read? This is what prompted me to start this thread-- > and I really regret that I brought this issue up. I know this > problem is being solved, but can someone guarantee me that this > will never happen again? The bug is completely unrelated to your spirited advocacy of OoO. There is no reason to think that similar annoyances would never arise with OoO produced documents. > > Second, Sun is claiming, according to its CEO, to be transferring > itself into an open source powerhouse. Scott McNealy himself claims that "Sharing has been [Sun's] corporate strategy since February 24, 1984." Under Schwartz a lot more rubber has been meeting the road. By some measures Sun is the largest open source contributor on the planet. What have *you* done for open source lately? > How does the act of refusing to use an open source product which > is perhaps 90~95% as good but can be iteratively improved, As those who know have already argued, the product is simply not appropriate for this use. By the way, LaTeX has been open source since before Linux and 99% of open source programs existed. --Toby > impact someone like myself who wants to believe everything Sun said? > > It is the latter that I care the most about. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
