jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon May 4 16:52:19 CDT 2009
> Never liked Sun LOL. Well Sun is no more. More or less. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Mark Simms wrote: > 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. >>>> -- >>>> 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/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > >