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KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support
KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support
Posted Oct 12, 2005 12:41 UTC (Wed) by cpm (subscriber, #3554)In reply to: KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support by drag
Parent article: KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support
"How can MS Office hold a candle Koffice?"
realisticly, there are a few ways.
First that comes to mind, is that Koffice doesn't run on Windows.
Second, Dell doesn't include it at a deep discount, in fact, Dell
doesn't include it at all.
Thirdly, Koffice doesn't run on Mac without a lot of extra fiddling.
Fourth, Apple computer doesn't bundle it at a deep discount, in fact
they don't bundle it at all.
Fifth, It's not what folks use "At Work".
Sixth, It's not what folks use "At School".
Seventh, I've yet to see a "knowedgebase.net" article published
with Koffice, but Word documents abound.
Eighth, I see Word documents all over government websites,
and on and on. But this is all elementary. Mass has been the first
state to grow a pair, and are coming under intense heat over
it. Would be nice if someone were to step up and actually enforce
our fair trade and antitrust laws.
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KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support
Posted Oct 12, 2005 20:32 UTC (Wed) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link]
The ports to Win32 (almost certain) and Mac (probable) are not that far away anymore, look for them sometime after KDE 4.
KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support
Posted Oct 13, 2005 14:49 UTC (Thu) by Blaisorblade (guest, #25465) [Link]
> Eighth, I see Word documents all over government websites,Yes, biggest problem. They should also improve their MS-Office support (using perhaps OpenOffice.org code).
But this is changing. In Massachussets the new law prohibits that. Let's hope the situation improves - and frankly, except perhaps Palladium, I've never seen in the last years the situation become worse.