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From: Hadron on 15 Jan 2010 07:40 Gordon <gbplinux(a)gmail.com> writes: > Erik Funkenbusch wrote: > >> The issue here is that you appear to be exagerating. > > Your spell check is broken. > > Exaggerating? Only your ignorance - if that's possible... Gordon and WronG appear to have gone off the rails.
From: chrisv on 15 Jan 2010 08:57 Erik Funkenbusch wrote: >On 15 Jan 2010 09:14:53 GMT, Gordon wrote: >> >> I presume you are still at your clerk's job from when you left school... Toner Monkey. 8) >if you switch jobs every 2 years, that's only 20 companies. I wouldn't >call that "a large number". LOL Idiot.
From: chrisv on 15 Jan 2010 09:04 Peter K�hlmann wrote: >Phil Stovell wrote: >> >> Conor wrote: >>> >>> Phil Stovell says... >>>> >>>> Are all Calc functions in Excel? >>> >>> Nobody cares because Excel is the only thing that counts. >> >> Got you. You're a troll. You think? What was your first clue? The bald-faced puerile idiocy? >Nope. Even trolls are usually not *that* dumb Well, I wouldn't go *that* far... -- "I did buy ME, never installed it, but as a MSFT shareholder I figured it helped my corporation make a little extra money." - raylopez99
From: Gordon on 15 Jan 2010 09:04 chrisv wrote: > > I don't think you're being totally fair, Jed. There is some overlap > between what these tools can do, and for some people it makes sense to > use the tool that they are more familiar with, rather than attempt to > master yet another tool that may provide a more elegant solution in > the end. I think this is the problem isn't it - MS Office is so ingrained into the computing world psyche that people are (probably) scared to try something else in case "it doesn't work" - in similar vein I am increasingly worried that schools in the UK are teaching "Microsoft" not "computing" and the pointy-click generation will have grown up from infants not knowing that there ARE alternatives...
From: chrisv on 15 Jan 2010 09:08
Gordon wrote: > Quack snotted: >> >> What features of excel do you, as a systems accountant unable to keep a >> job down, feel it is missing compared to say the OO offering? How were >> these features in OO 15 years ago when people first started using Excel >> seriously? Multiple lies in one paragraph. Good job, "Hadron"! >Quite capable of keeping jobs down thank you very much. >Your comprehension skills, as usual are completely lacking. >Please quote the post where I said the Excel lacks functions that OO >has. You might be waiting a long time for a lie-free post from "Hadron"... -- "In COLA they don't see the need for a help group like this because they actually believe Linux is perfect. Really." - Hadron Quark, lying shamelessly |