[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Market
From:       Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples () mtu-net ! ru>
Date:       2002-10-21 10:12:17
[Download RAW message or body]

On Sunday 20 October 2002 10:29 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
|  Well, I have koffice 1.1.1? Not koffice 1.2. It was the koffice that came
|  with my new (now not so new) libranet distro.
|
|  I haven't figured out how to upgrade to 1.2.  I believe I would need to
|  upgrade kde to upgrade koffice.  The new kde needs an upgrade on qt. I
|  spent at least an hour trying to do these things.  Now, I am sure an
|  experienced Debian person would figure this out, but, it was beyond me.
|  So, that stops the average user right there. Why would anyone waste

Obviously, you selected wrong distribution, if you are not "expereinced user".
Download or buy latest Mandrake (9.0), it has KDE 3.0.3 and KOffice 1.2.
System installer is also very friendly.

|  their time on this sort of thing.  That opensource developers are
|  surprised that general users don't want to upgrade their systems every six
|  months says a lot. My brand new and fancy acrobat reader 5.05 installed
|  and runs great without complaint on my old caldera 2.4 boxes.

And?..

|
|  Now, having explained that the average user can't even install koffice,
|  just a note about something missing in kspread. In other spreadsheets,
|  there are zillions of built in math functions. These are crucial for any
|  serious spreadsheet work. I can't find any in kspread. Am I missing them?
|
|  Joel
|
|  > > general purpose desktop office suite for the average user.
|  >
|  > Ok, but what features are missing? You said you are not impressed by
|  > KSpread: what do you expect? Believe me: it is more helpful to us if you
|  > give some constructive feedback.
|
|  ____________________________________
|  koffice mailing list
|  koffice@mail.kde.org
|  To unsubscribe please visit:
|  http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice

-- 

Vadim Plessky
http://kde2.newmail.ru  (English)
33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE
http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html
KDE mini-Themes
http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/

____________________________________
koffice mailing list
koffice@mail.kde.org
To unsubscribe please visit:
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]