The San Jose Mercury news (http://www.mercurynews.com) has a front-page link to an article by Dawn Chmielewski entitled "OpenOffice free software not obscure anymore."
Her review is slightly favorable, but towards the end are some paragraphs that may need a response: "But certain aspects of OpenOffice caused palpitations. When I attempted to save my column composed in Write, the software flashed a warning that I might lose aspects of the document's formatting or appearance. Others who have worked with the software say it can hiccup over complex PowerPoint presentations with intricate graphics and several fonts. The allure of free is powerful. This is doubly true when the free, community-developed product is superior to the Microsoft offering. That's the case of Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, which is securer and more elegant than Internet Explorer. But these OpenOffice glitches are enough to deter one analyst who shares research with clients from using it on reports, for fear of circulating a flawed document." -- J. David Eisenberg http://catcode.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
