Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [HEADSUP] libreoffice versus bison-2.5

[Indi]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:10:01PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 14:46 on Wednesday 25 May 2011, Indi did opine
> thusly:
>
> > For people already running kde it's ok, but for the rest of us
> > it's a bit ridiculous, isn't it?
> > I used to use a few "k" apps in the 3 days, they were small and
> > easily integrated into the system. Now kde is like it's own OS,
> > so they've basically eliminated their apps from consideration of
> > non-kde users.
> >
> > Not that it matters much to me, one of the strengths of gentoo
> > is how many ways there are to do a given task.
> > But there are quite a few kde zealots who seem to be completely
> > unaware of what we mean by "fast, light, standalone".
> >
> > I guess some people didn't experience the 80s or 90s.
> >
> > :)
>
> It doesn't make sense running koffice without also running KDE, it's a hard
> requirement.
>
> And not only did I experience the 80s and 90s, but the 70s as well.
>
> So now that you have defined what fast, light, standalone means by your
> current needs, it is obvious that no such package exists and hence there is a
> gap in the market.
>
> Now we know what your next project will be.
>

Writing a virus that destroys all msoffice installs once and for all 
so we can finally just use sane formats editable as text?
:D

(kidding, of course, I would never do malware)

Actually, writing an add-on for vim that can edit word documents 
is an idea I plan to look into when I get some time.  
Right now I use up all my poor little brain's ability to focus 
on other things, but maybe soon there'll be a break.

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