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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Negative review of koffice..
From:       dep <dep () snet ! net>
Date:       2000-04-17 22:48:47
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Donovan Rebbechi wrote:

| My guess is that the author is one of these guys who has really
| strong opinions but doesn't write any code.

probably right. but that is more, rather than less, of a reason to 
listen to him, because applications are written, presumably, 
primarily for users rather than coders.

comparing, for instance, kword and abiword, one sees very different 
approaches to the design and development of an application. it is 
manifestly evident that kword will be a far more industrial-strength 
application. and it is equally evident that if one needs to use one 
right now, there are circumstances which cause one to go with abiword 
instead. i know, because i've been using both. the determining factor 
here, now, is that at 1280x1024, kword simply cannot be used and 
abiword can. both are relatively stable. neither has the screen font 
handling that the late, lamented maxwell had. i haven't looked at 
siag for quite awhile -- i've imposed a proprietary format limit on 
my machine.<g>

so probably a greater criticism of reviews/comparisons of open source 
office suites for linux and related operating systems is that none of 
them is really where it will ultimately be, and reviewing half-done 
software doesn't tell anyone anything of much use.

-- 
dep
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if you go with the flow you'll get
chopped to pieces by the turbines.

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