Re: migrating to new systems, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats?

       the birds do it ... the fish do it ... now, the computerists
migrate  ;-)

       Does anyone really wish to remain with MSFT?; it's just already
programmed into these glorified-typewriter machines ...
            scary prospect to remove it then install something else -and
all alone, nary a soul to even lend a hand  ;-)

       BTW - I thought many of your pubs were called the King's Arms  ;-)



On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi :)
> Even though this thread went waaaay off-topic it's ended up being very
> relevant to a problem many of us have.  How to migrate.
>
>
> Given that most people want to stay with MS systems we are a bit stuck in
> the phase of having to deal with both systems at the same time.  Even when
> the ODF format does become dominant there will probably be a few people
> still using the ever-changing proprietary format that could disappear
> any-time at the whim of a single company.
>
>
> It's interesting to hear that Km changed it's base without changing it's
> size (or may have changed length just a tiny bit that most of us wouldn't
> have noticed).  I quite like the idea of re-measuring a long dead king's
> arm as it slowly crumbles away but that might be a bit dark for most
> people!  Probably better to just quaff a few ales in the Queens Arms
> instead.  Not sure why so many pubs are called the Queens Arms.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> From: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>
> To: "lo >> LibreOffice" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 15:13
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to
> other software/formats?
>
>
> rost52 wrote:
> > The metric system has it is advantage in the factors of 10 or 1/10. I
> > consider this as the reason why most countries adopted the metric system.
>
> It was also designed as a logical system, tied to defined physical
> constants.  I recently watched a video about how the new standard for a
> kilogram was the number of atoms in a precisely measured silicon
> sphere.  The kilometre was originally defined in relation to the
> distance from the equator to the poles, but is currently determined by
> the wavelength of light emitted by the kryton-86 items.  This shows the
> metric system is defined in terms of physical constants and not some
> unmeasurable item such as the length of a long dead king's arm.
> > If a country is serious about a change, than all measures must be
> > provided for a while in both units and after while the old units must
> > disappear.
>
> In Canada, when Km and °C came in, there was a switch over date, the
> road sides had stickers placed over the old speed limit in miles to show
> in Km.  Weather reporting switched to Celsius.  As for physical things,
> there was a date given, where dimensions had to be specified in metric,
> but this applied to things made after that date and older items could
> still be sold.  However, manufacturers switched production well before
> that date.  The switch over was also phased in, so only one thing
> changed at a time.

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