[ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

[Andres]

On 30 de enero de 2014 21:21:18 GMT, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
>On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote:
>> I've noticed a lot more people using Libre Office, including big 
>> companies like British Gas, which makes life easier for /everyone/.
>
>Now that is interesting!  Not so many years back, there was a deep 
>suspicion of open source programs.  It is excellent complex systems
>like 
>Libreoffice that have paved the way towards widespread acceptance of 
>open source.  Also, it is becoming recognised that ODF is a certified 
>ISO standard, whereas the de facto Microsoft file formats are less 
>reliable and non-portable.  I am sure that Microsoft's adoption of the 
>
>x file formats (docx etc) has in the long term done the corporation a 
>lot of harm.  Microsoft has been forced into supporting ODF and is 
>clearly very annoyed by this.  A little humility and listening to 
>ordinary folk might have gone a long way.
>
>Regards,        Barry Drake.

What would be nice if calc was as good as gnumeric. Last papers I checked /recalled gnumeric was a better at the math. [1] maybe some of you have more up to date reviews?


[1] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1198/tas.2011.09076#.UurIgbgWWKA

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