KOffice vs. OpenOffice

[Valter Mura]

Il lunedì 29 settembre 2008 14:12:53 Derek Broughton ha scritto:

> >
> > And this is due to the reckless evolution of the computer market...
> > 90% of computers has Windows and we must fight against these things...
>
> That's awfully naive.  As a Linux user I believe in _Freedom_ to use the
> software you want.  That means that if, for various poorly-thought reasons,
> my colleagues are using Word, I absolutely need to be able to read and
> write Word documents.  And because I'm a decent person, it doesn't mean I
> rewrite them in some Open format before sending them back, and then
> complain because they won't accept them.

Oh, yes, you're right. But explain me which is the reason why "in my country" 
(I don't know in yours), when the average customer cannot choose between an 
open source OS and a propietary one. If you go in a shop, the 100% (except 
for MAC systems) of the systems are Windows...

Nobody in the shop asks you: "Hey, do you want a Windows system or a Linux one 
in your new desktop?"

The naive thought made the fortune of Mr. Gates.

>
> >> > Also OO used to open the whole office at the same time so that
> >> > switching between writing and spread sheet did not mean any more
> >> > loading. Does it still?
> >>
> >> not sure about the version supplied by ubuntu, but the windows version
> >> does. it starts blazing fast since it's always preloaded, and even
> >> when not, switching application is fast.
> >
> > Yes, if you run "ooffice" OOo opens without starting a doc. In this way
> > OOo is faster...
>
> What a joke!  OO takes _minutes_ to open most docs I get off the net.

What do you mean? Docs stored in the Internet? Perhaps your connection is 
slow, I use OpenOffice.org with no problems and without these kind of 
delays...

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Valter
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