Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Thu Apr 10 10:05:32 CDT 2003
It's not just William. I got it like that too. Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Marcus, Scott (GEAE, RHI Consulting) > Sent: 10 April 2003 15:56 > To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT StarOffice > > > William, > > <<...btw, what mailer are you using ...your header is coming > all the way <<through in OE6 and the To: defaults to your > address rather than accessd :( > > If you look below, you will see that it says that it did > default to accessd. It must be on your end, except that you > replied to it and it said "T0: accessd at databaseadvisors.com" > > <<----- Original Message ----- > <<From: "Seth Galitzer" <sgsax at ksu.edu> > <<To: "accessd" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Scott > > Scroll down and take a look... > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Hindman [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:26 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT StarOffice > > > ...lol ...knew that would be your response :) ...but I do far > to much db integration with other MSOffice apps to ever try > marrying Access with StarOffice apps ...no matter how good > StarOffice or OpenOffice gets, until it makes such > integration as developer/user friendly as MSOffice does, the > economics are going to have to be much, much better than that > to lure me ...there is no question that $600+ for MSOffice is > high but neither is there any question that at my hourly > development rate, a fully integrated, user friendly > application will cost far less in MSOffice than the same > product done in Star/OpenOffice, even using MSAccess. > > ...much as I'd like to see a viable competitor to MS Office > drive the prices down, I just don't see it in the current > Star/OpenOffice products ...the fact that its source code is > open is by far its most attractive feature ...but until that > means something in terms of real desktop productivity, it > will not become a viable business product ...imnsho of course :) > > ...btw, what mailer are you using ...your header is coming > all the way through in OE6 and the To: defaults to your > address rather than accessd :( > > William Hindman > "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do > nothing." Edmund Burke > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seth Galitzer" <sgsax at ksu.edu> > To: "accessd" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:46 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT StarOffice > > > > > c77efa at hosea.qub.ac.uk><1049912749.26548.50.camel at sgsax-th4022 > c><1049913718. > > > > > 3e946976b3732 at hosea.qub.ac.uk><1049915226.27231.67.camel at sgsax > -th4022c><0191 > > 01c2fedc$dea746c0$6101a8c0 at amd2k512> > > <16616805605.20030410133550 at cactus.dk> > > <006f01c2ff56$6af35f00$6101a8c0 at amd2k512> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 > > Date: 10 Apr 2003 08:42:48 -0500 > > Message-Id: <1049982168.29139.17.camel at sgsax-th4022c> > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > X-BeenThere: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 > > Precedence: list > > Reply-To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > List-Id: <accessd.databaseadvisors.com> > > List-Help: > <mailto:accessd-request at databaseadvisors.com?subject=help> > > List-Post: <mailto:accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > List-Subscribe: > > <http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd>, > > <mailto:accessd-request at databaseadvisors.com?subject=subscribe> > > List-Archive: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd> > > List-Unsubscribe: > <http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd>, > > <mailto:accessd-request at databaseadvisors.com?subject=unsubscribe> > > Sender: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > Errors-To: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > > William, > > > > So what's wrong with a mix-and-match approach? It's my mantra: use > > the best tool for the job. If you find the tools included with > > StarOffice to be adequate, but still want to use Access, > then do so. > > Last I checked, you could still by each of the Office products > > seperately. You can even save a few bucks. > > > > SRP MS Office XP Pro: $579 > > > > SRP MS Access 2002: $339 > > SRP StarOffice 6.0: $75.95 > > > > Price Savings: $164.05 > > > > Which should almost be enough to buy yourself a copy of WordPerfect > > (upgrade) to go with it. :) Buy all three, collect the full set! :) > > > > Seth > > > > On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 06:43, William Hindman wrote: > > > ...hhhmmm ...have not checked today gustav but iirc it > was Starbase > > > that > was > > > pulled and Adabas D that was added ...at least that's > what I recall > > > when > I > > > looked at the specs for 6 ...I've not tried 6 myself > because I'm not > > > interested in any office replacement suite without an Access > > > comparable > db > > > development capability :( > > > > > > William Hindman > > > > -- > > Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu > > Computing Specialist http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax > > Dept. of Plant Pathology > > Kansas State University > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >