Be nice to people, be helpful, and treat all people with respect. That will do more for Linux than will harsh criticism and scolding.
Michael Gargiullo wrote:
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 15:51, Don Levey wrote:
fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 14:25, Don Levey wrote:
Michael Gargiullo wrote:
We'd participate in your survey, but nobody runs MS office here. Send us a spreadsheet in openoffice format, and we will participate.
-Mike
Doesn't your OpenOffice open XLS-format spreadsheets? Mine does. -Don
Yes Don,
The point wasn't that I can't...
So what you're saying is that it's OK to skew the survey in favour of MS products, to stand on principle. Additionally, phrasing your question
as you do suggests that only someone who runs MS Office would even try
to open the file.
-Don
Maybe I could have stated my opinion better. I would have rather seen a survey targeted so that anyone could participate (ie... web based). Not only could my MAC users participate, but he could run reports without having to compile results.
I, using open office, can open and save excel files. My MAC users cannot (Ok, they could if they installed open or MS office). They also don't have real need. Most of our internal documents are postscript files or pdf format.
My point was if he wanted a fair and biased survey, he could have chosen a better format to offer it in (ie... Web Based). If it's going to be a MS skewed survey, it doesn't matter what I ask for, or even what format the survey is in. If he wants MS to come out on top... it will.
This is a silly discussion...
Let's end this discussion on these grounds: http://www.badsandwich.com/retard.jpg
No offense intended... Just have better things to do then continue this... And it does ring true..
:)
-Mike
ps- No offense intended to the truly mental deficient.
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