vlim_bathory - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Open office != MS Office (Score 1) 421

by vlim_bathory on Monday October 18, 2010 @06:32AM (#33930568) Attached to: Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice

As quality management consultant, I've seen many dreadful Excel document during audits : 1 quick and dirty database like 2 static chart without any formulas 3 embedded macros written by a trainee 2 years ago. Of course it's works as a black box and when something goes really bad nobody can't fix it (have to start from the scratch) 4 lists and calendar 5 form And one time, I've even seen a company use Excel/Words for managing their procedures and policies (kind of electronic document management). Of course everybody could edit these documents. Needless to say that the requirements for the ISO9001 certifications were far for being reached. I used Excel for many years but now when I really wants to make real statistics, I rather use R/python/gnuplot or Minitab/Origin (if open source is not a option). Plotting with Excel is more financial focused and not so well convenient for MSP / 6 Sigma My 0,02€ (sorry for my “english written by a french guy”)

What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? 702

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @10:32PM from the blue-definitely dept.

juraj writes "What font color and what background is best for the eyes, when you work for a long time? I have found various contradictory recommendations and I wonder if you know about any medical studies on this topic."

Rumors of a 'Whisper Campaign' Forming Against Fair Use 174

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @08:36AM from the not-stronger-quicker-easier-more-seductive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica reports that a group of companies and organizations it calls 'big content' is currently engaged in a worldwide 'whisper campaign' against Fair Use. 'The counter-reformation in question takes the form of a "whispering campaign" in which ministries in different countries are told that plans to expand fair use rights might well run afoul of the Berne Convention's "three-step test." The Convention, which goes back to the late 1800s, was one of the earliest international copyright treaties and is now administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).'"

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