Zevach wrote:I think comparing OOo to Office is entirely valid. Both suites aim to satisfy the same users, competition is the best way to improve thing from the customer viewpoint, and OOo should try to be the "best" office suite, not only the "second-best" or the "best free office suite".
Unfortunately, at this point, OOo is in many ways years behind Office.
anjalip222 wrote:Therefore I would suggest that OOo contributors create a post or PDF manual, honestly putting down all the areas in which OOo is better as well as all the areas in which OOo lags behind MSO. This way new users will have a fair estimation of what to realistically expect from OOo, and there will be a lesser chance that someone will be disillusioned with OOo.
Edit: Don't forget to look at the other sections of the Migration Guide... it also covers specifics about Writer vs Word, Calc vs. Excel etc. |
anjalip222 wrote:Let's not hide anything
anjalip222 wrote:OOo as a project is meant to offer credible competetion to MS Office for the purpose of reducing Microsoft's overall dominance.
OpenOffice.org's Mission Statement is...
To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.
anjalip222 wrote:but what's disheartening is that some people here spend their time poo-poohing the genuine concerns of novice users.
anjalip222 wrote:The customer is always right, MS understands this
anjalip222 wrote:but here one feels as if there is a whole team trying very hard to browbeat the novice into accepting the many flaws in OOo.
anjalip222 wrote:As soon as a new version is launched, new defects crop up by the hordes.
anjalip222 wrote:Mind you, I'm not trying to discredit the developer here.
anjalip222 wrote:There's really no harm in this so as to warrant such reverse-frustration as the author of this post may feel.
eugenesanderson wrote:It seems that most people who compare to MS do that because they have never used anything else.
Weatherlawyer wrote:Every bloody time?
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