KOffice vs. OpenOffice

[Art Alexion]

Interesting last paragraph. (Sorry, the iTouch mail.app doesn't allow  
selecting of quoted text for trimming)

I use KDE/kontact for everything personal and prefer it, but gnome and  
evolution integrate much better on my work machine.

It does seem to be a matter of philosophy.

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Art Alexion
Sent unsigned from an iPod. That's the reason for the top posting as  
well.

On Sep 28, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:

> Willy K. Hamra wrote:
>> I've read in Kubuntu's website about the new koffice beta released.  
>> Ever
>> since i started using linux, i've been using openoffice, and i think
>> it's a very nice suite, definitely better than Microsoft Office. but
>> what about this koffice? i've never seen it or tried it yet. anything
>> special about it? any more functionality? i guess it would behave  
>> better
>> in KDE since it's designed using qt (if i'm not mistaken), so it  
>> would
>> look and behave better than gtk apps, but anything fancy about it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
> KOffice is nice and simple. It does 90% of what you want in an  
> office suite, if you are a heavy office suite user. If you are a  
> lite user or are just working with personal documents that  
> percentage approaches 100% pretty quickly.
>
> I think that the biggest difference between the two products is the  
> philosophy driving both products. OOo's goal is to compete directly  
> with the MS Suite. They read and write the MS formats transparently.  
> Their programs compete on the feature level as well. It is their  
> goal to be useful in a business or corporate environment where MS  
> has a dominate footprint.
>
> Koffice take a different track. They ask the question, what makes  
> sense in a wordprocessor/spreadsheet/etc. Then they focus their  
> efforts there. They do not necessarily see that compatibility with  
> the MS Suite as a high priority. They want to make a good standalone  
> product first.
>
> This is a two edged sword, though. By focusing on the application  
> they have created a fairly usable, simple suite that meets almost  
> 100% of the needs of the average home user. They do this with a  
> small footprint and be quite nimble about it. The downside is that  
> it is not usable in a corporate environment. While it is pretty good  
> and reading Word documents, it is not perfect. The last time I tried  
> it it could not write Word documents at all. If you want to used  
> alternatives to MS in a large business it must be able to play 100%  
> with the MS Suite.
>
> You may hear a little frustration here. I really like KDE. I really  
> WANT to use the PIM and Office suites. I can't. While I respect  
> their focus I believe that they have neglected the corporate user.  
> Until their suite integrates well with the the corporate world, it  
> will stay a tool for the hobbyist and home user. It is really too  
> bad. It could be so much more.
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