[Sheflug] Re: Office apps

[Richard Ibbotson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen

> We aint secretaries.  I know you'll all hate me for saying it but
> Excel is a good thing.  NHS IT departments seem to be getting less
> and less interested in looking at anything thats not made by
> micro$oft.  Physicists here (mostly me) have developed a whole
> suite of VB macros for Excel and Word which are absolutely mission

Never come across an engineer or a scientist who wants to lock himself 
into doom and gloom forever more :)

> I know little of this GtK of which you speak, Richard, but doubt
> whether we can do the same thing in a few seconds.

Lot like VB.  But, as I understand it and it has has been demonstrated 
to me by Sheffield University engineering department Open Office and 
Star Office can be quickly changed to the kind of thing that you 
might want to do. All you have to do is read something for a while.

Why is it that the NHS have specialised in destoying their own empire 
to the point where their own patients suffer ?  I get the feeling 
that even though - as you say - you are stuck with office97 that you 
will still have to spend large amounts of money on licences that 
shouldn't be used by the NHS and in fact are not suitable for a 
medical envrinonment due to cost considerations.  Patient care is 
more important than expensive toys that blue screen a lot. Why is the 
tax payer being asked to pay for this ?

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Thanks



Richard
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