My worry is that 32 bit is a special case

Posted Aug 30, 2006 1:15 UTC (Wed) by praedor (guest, #40215) [Link]

My problem with no x86_64 (AMD64) version of OOo is that it doesn't work
with Bibus, the ONLY viable citation manager for OOo thus far that works
on a par with EndNote and Word on Windows/Macs. This renders OOo useless
to me professionally. My writing is scientific. To journals. Journal
articles require citations. Citations are done via EndNote (or
equivalent). Virtually no professional journal accepts latex anymore (at
least in the biological sciences) so I can no longer use Lyx and bibtex.
Thus, if I want to write a professional article for publication I HAVE to
use Word because OOo wont work properly on my x86_64 system.

Installing a damn 32-bit version on my system means installing a slew of
32-bit libs and support just to make it work. One app. Practically
requires a second, shadow linux install to work at all and then I find
that it is incompatible with my professional needs: I do 32-bit install
only to find that Bibus will not communicate with OpenOffice on a 64-bit
system regardless. It only works on an old-fashioned, obsolete 32-bit
system. Thus, Openoffice has no value except as an overpowered letter
writing app since it cannot do professional documents (which requires
proper attribution).

I have waited and waited and waited for a 64-bit version. It has been
many months since last I checked and STILL not a lick of progress. Not
even an attempt.

Hardly the means for gaining share or respect in the world of MS Word that
can handle professional document writing, even on a 64-bit system.
Whenever I am asked about it, I warn people off OOo because it just isn't
up to par with Word. These are my professional colleagues and they MUST
be able to easily/painlessly be able to produce publications with proper
attribution. Bibus and OOo COULD do it but...only if you use a dinosaur
computer.