Re: [libreoffice-users] couple interesting - - sites ...

       Wow, you continue to amaze me with your knowledge of these machines,
et.al.
            as well as your ability to express yourself.



On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

Hi :)
> Despite the similarities in the name Freeware is VERY different from Free
> Software.
>
> Free Software follows a very demanding set of engineering principles and
> the unix principles that ensures security and ensures that the program is
> robust on a wide range of platforms and on a vast range of hardware.  It's
> usually OpenSource so anyone can be involved in helping with the coding as
> long as their edits are up to the standards required.  Even normal users
> can get involved and sometimes see results of bug-reports they write.  It's
> easy to get a copy of the source code and read through it so people get
> embarrased if/when they write something kludgy or even inelegant.  Elegant
> coding gets seen and admired.  The aims of Free Software are to liberate
> people from the traps people fall into such as vendor lock-ins.  One of the
> unix principles is that programs need to be able co-operate with other
> programs (in our case such as back-ends, calendars, email programs and if
> you plug pretty much any camera in then LO can probably use it)
>
> Freeware is just stuff that doesn't cost anything.  They are almost always
> proprietary and often only have 1 or 2 devs and they might lose interest or
> just not maintain it.  All the problems of proprietary stuff except none of
> the cash to help with any of it's problems.  There are some great people
> doing some amazing stuff this way but it's like building a house-of-cards.
>
>
> The 2nd link shows something that looks a lot like Gimp.  Except that it
> boasts about having other separate apps in it's suite for different tasks.
> Gimp does most of those tasks inside the main program or has add-ons that
> add the functionality in.  Also the Gimp interface ahs changed because
> people didn't like all those separated floating
> windows/consoles/taskbars/iconbars
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
> *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
> *Sent:* Monday, 28 January 2013, 17:28
> *Subject:* [libreoffice-users] couple interesting - - sites ...
>
>       ... for you to peruse - or not  ;-)
>
>   what are your thoughts on this -
>
>
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/hardware-secrets-uncomplicating-complicated-website-week.htm
>
>   and could this enhance IMPRESS -
>       http://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/index.php

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