[AccessD] OT StarOffice

Lembit Soobik Lembit.Soobik at t-online.de
Thu Apr 10 10:24:35 CDT 2003


same here
Lembit Soobik


> 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
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> > > 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
> > >
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