[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: OpenOffice.org

Re: "I have never seen them claim (or even imply) that OpenOffice will
handle the vba behind Office."

I know, they don't even MENTION it....for good reason.

Never liked Sun, never liked McNealy, have had only bad experiences with
Java.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:15 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] SPAM-LOW: OpenOffice.org
>
>  >..Sun has gotten everyone to think they've replaced all of
> MS Office....right down to the 50,000 item VBA object model.
>
> I'm not sure I would go that far.  I have never seen them
> claim (or even imply) that OpenOffice will handle the vba
> behind Office.
>
> And I am not sure they really need to handle VBA for that
> matter.  OpenOffice was designed to run on Linux where Office
> doesn't exist to begin with.  People apt to use OpenOffice
> are those who want the same kinds of office applications, and
> in some cases that can "file share" with Office.  It is my
> opinion that those running Linux understand perfectly well
> that programs running on Linux offer some degree of emulation at best.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Mark Simms wrote:
> > What a bunch of nonsense....Sun has gotten everyone to
> think they've
> > replaced All of MS Office....right down to the 50,000 item
> VBA object
> > model.
> > Truly LOL.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> >> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 2:41 PM
> >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] SPAM-LOW: OpenOffice.org
> >>
> >> LOL.
> >>
> >> In your dreams.  ;)
> >>
> >> John W. Colby
> >> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Tony Septav wrote:
> >>> Hey All
> >>> Before I start to do some testing, has anyone run an
> >> Access.mde using
> >>> OpenOfiice.org on a USB drive??  I don't know if it is even
> >> possible.
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