[libreoffice-users] Re: LEBRE VERSION STILL

On 11/5/15 10:25 AM, Gabriele Ponzo wrote:
> 2015-11-05 17:20 GMT+01:00 Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com>:
>
> > I don't have money to pay to have it fixed (one of the reasons I try to
> > use open source/free software),
>
> That should be the last reason to choose Open Source Software… I can
> understand it, since it was the same for me in the far 90's, but sooner or
> later you should go deeper and try understanding the principles behind OSS.

I'm retired, and thanks to the economic crash, I now have to watch the 
money spent, plus work part time.

I also volunteer for a local social services agency, and I often 
refurbished donated computers which are then given to people who need 
but can't afford a computer.  Many of these people are essentially 
computer illiterate.  So I need software that I can have faith in will 
cause them the least amount of trouble.

The principles of OSS are not the issue at my end, although it appears 
people seem to think so.  Performance and trusting things needed will be 
fixed are.  :-)

> I'm not anyone's beta tester.   <G>
> > So you'd want a perfect product, without paying money nor time to commit
> somehow (just like beta testing or translating or whatever else commitment)?

I don't expect any of it to be perfect.  But I don't have the time to 
identify a problem, track down the cause or believed cause, and then 
file a report.

> > Which is why I've just started trying FreeOffice from Softmaker.  Do I
> > know for a fact it will do what I need?  No, that's why I'm trying it out.
> >   <G>  If FreeOffice doesn't do it, there are others to try.   :-)
>
> Well, maybe you'll find a free "product" that suites your needs, possibly
> not open, so that you'll be locked in its own encoding cage.

Do you know how to fix your car?  TV?  Refrigerator?  You're locked into 
that "cage" too.  Maybe I will find something that is what I'm looking 
for.  I've sure bought enough stuff over the years looking for something 
that does what I want it to do.  I might end up liking FreeOffice enough 
I'll buy the paid version.

> Please respect people of the community and avoid insulting with your
> requirements about taking without giving anything back.

If you don't consider pointing out the opposing and incompatible 
viewpoints within the LO community as giving back, that's something I 
have no control over.


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Ken
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"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
     and it's gone!"


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