Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1954

[Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aaron! To be honest, I haven't used OpenOffice much myself. I've been doing 
some writing for MCPressOnline lately, and Victoria seems to prefer 
submissions in MS Word format. The only editor I have that writes in that 
format is OO. (I tend to stay well away from any MS software!)

Anyhoo, yeah, it's been more than three years since I've been here. In case 
anyone has been wondering, here's my story: In the summer of 2004, there was 
a big re-org at the lab, and I ended up working on the PL/X compiler for the 
zSeries. At the time, I was asked not to comment publically on the re-org, so 
I left all the on-line groups I was subscribed to. The PL/X project was 
challenging, but over time, I hated the work more and more. Finally, in June, 
I quit. My plan was to relax over the summer and look for a new job in the 
fall. Well, it now be fall, and so it's time for job hunting. Based on my 
recent experiences with zSeries, there's nothing I'd like better than to work 
in an iSeries shop! 

So, in a nutshell: I'M BACK!

Cheers! Hans


On Tuesday 25 September 2007 13:43, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> message: 3
> date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:11:14 -0500
> from: "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: I'm about to give up on "System i"
>
> Hans!  Haven't heard from you in awhile.
>
> I have been using OpenOffice extensively over the past 9 months and it is a
> great tool 95% of the time.  There are some things that are "buggy" that
> don't make a huge difference, but are annoying none-the-less (i.e. I can
> only get Tools->Word Count to work when I initially open the document.  If
> I try to do it after I type another 100 words it doesn't give me any sort
> of update).
>
> Also, when working with Power Point and Word documents it seems the OO
> doesn't communicate the same x and y coordinates for some things (i.e. I
> might have an image centered on the page in Word, and when I edit it in OO
> it is slightly off to the right).
>
> But for the price (free) you can't beat it.  Even with it's short comings I
> will continue to use it.  Now I wish open source would come up with
> something equivalent to Outlook (i.e. email, calendar, notes, to-dos, etc)
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com