Joel Hammer wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 05:18:49PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: >> On 07/13/03 17:00, Joel Hammer wrote: >> Koffice hasn't gone anywhere. Whether it sux is another story, but you >> seem to be confusing staying power with usefulness. > > Koffice is still being developed, I guess, but who > uses it? Who would suggest it is a useful piece of > software? This despite the fact that the koffice > people, at least a year ago, were hyping koffice > has a great piece of useful software.
Well, Koffice hasn't gone anywere - what Net Llama means is the same thing I mean - they haven't added much to it - it's a project that is really not worth much. But that doesn't mean other options are. >> You confuse Star Office with Open Office in the same way that you confuse >> Netscape with Mozilla. They started in the same place, but finish with > > OK. Get technical. The fact is, no consortium of volunteers > created open office. Same for mozilla. Both were gifts > from profit making corporations. Maybe when corel goes > bankrupt (If they haven't already) they'll give wordperfect > and quattro pro to the opensource movement. That's my > only hope for a really great office suite in linux. I think you'd better look at OO again. Yes, it started with SO code but has been actively developed separately and is going down it's own path. Now OO != SO. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
