[brlug-general] Is OpenOffice just "good enough"?

[Dustin Puryear]

Why do you feel that OpenOffice is better than Microsoft Office?

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willhill wrote:
> Open Office is better than Office but both are quirky and I would not use 
> either for a big job.  For quick one or two page papers with graphics, Open 
> Office does the job on GNU/Linux with less hardware than a comparable 
> Microsoft system.  I miss Word Perfect, which was easier and more reliable 
> than either.  My preference is for KWord, which is also quirky but very light 
> and easy to use.  The quirks I've run into are related to SVG and KFormula 
> and might have some teething issues with ODF.  For my thesis, I'm using 
> Kile/Latex and it's saving me all sorts of formating headaches.  For business 
> use, Open Office is more than adequate.  
> 
> The problem is that Microsoft has introduced yet another format that no one 
> else can read.  The new Office uses this format as it's default and they have 
> made it difficult to find the "save as" button or to see what kind of 
> document you have saved.  People who don't have someone managing these 
> settings for them are going to have problems right away.  Users of older 
> versions of Office and Open Office are going to have problems if the new 
> Office takes off.
> 
> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 10:48 am, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>> I'm curious what you guys think about OpenOffice vs. Office and even vs.
>> Google Office.
>>
>> http://www.techevangelism.com/2007/05/16/who-uses-openoffice/
> 
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