Thread: Abiword, Gnumeric for ITOS 2006
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2006-08-11 , 13:08
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Does somebody know what actually is the problem why these two programs don't get ported to ITOS 2006?


It's not contributive; it's just whining. Worse: it's complaining and rather accusatory. My point: if this is how you are going to contribute, then just be quiet. It's not helping.
No it's not. It's a question. And a legitimate one, in my opinion.
I'm a open source developer my self. Not for the 770 sadly.

The only thing I and OP are asking for is INFO.
As you said. It's up to the open source developer to give us his program for FREE!
BUT When an open souce developer STOPS to work on a project or has difficulties solving problems, in my opinion it is his duty to inform people about what is going on.

When we ask: "when is gnumeric coming out?" We are NOT saying "SPEED UP! We want Gnumeric NOW!" What we say is "when is gnumeric coming out?"

So many are just misinterpreting those questions as an insult.
The only thing people are asking for is information.

On 13.07.06 I asked about gnumeric saying any info would be apriciated.
There is still no reply. A simple "he is still working on it" would have satisfied me.


And now the important stuff:

Thank you very much etrunko!
I will try it as soon as I installed OS 2006. (waited for gnumeric to update to the new os, without spreadsheet the 770 is useless for me )

So thanks 1.000 times!!

If anything of what I said is insulting anyone I'm sorry. It's not meant to do.
It's just my opinion about information politics in open source projects and about the insults many users give to people who are just asking simple questions.
Just ANSWER the questions. otherwise
then just be quiet. It's not helping.
Last edited by count zero; 2006-08-11 at 13:18.