From koffice  Fri Sep 14 06:18:05 2001
From: Marc <developer () platinumage ! com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:18:05 +0000
To: koffice
Subject: Re: [article] KOffice falls short of Microsoft Office standard
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Of course, when you compare the price of MS-Office to KOffice... 
On Friday 14 September 2001 07:33 pm, Rob Kaper wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 12:27:12AM +0200, Richard Bos wrote:
> > I just came across this link, with the title "KOffice falls short of
> > Microsoft Office standard".  I did not have time to read it.
> > http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2812025-3,00.html
>
> Short summary: filters need work regarding Microsoft compatibility (known
> issue, unfortunately hard to solve without open document specs), features
> are not as advanced as StarOffice and MS-Office (not yet, anyway).
>
> Having used KOffice during the pre-1.0 days, I'm convinced that given more
> time for the suite to mature it will be a serious competitor in the future.
> KWord and KPresenter have already reached the "usable" stage. :-)
>
> It might not have been a very cheerful review, but at least we're on the
> map now.
>
> Rob