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

[willhill]

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/