On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > so the main issue seems to be inter-operability. What about KOffice or > abiWord? (Last tried it out a couple of years ago and one notable issue > is it could open password-protected word documents.)
abiword? kword? huh.. nottried them either in ages :) > For Wire: If I still had to dual-boot I'd probably have run mad by now. > Hated it. There is a solution that seems to work: VMware. It requires > beef though, but those who use it in my office seem particularly happy > with it. was actually me, not Wire. i've never tried vmware though. i first need to hear from those using it.. is winXP actually running from within Linux? ernest > > P. > > On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:02, Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Been running OOo for the past 2 years and it scales very well for me. I > > > am sent files from the MS Office suite on a daily basis but never have I > > > failed to manipulate them in OOo save for one incident when I received > > > files with some rare tables that couldnt be understood by OOo. > > > > actually, openoffice is not bad - its is very good. main reason it is very > > good compared to M$Office is coz its free. the other reasons of course can > > be enumerated by a professional reviewer, but it generally is OK with > > spreadsheets. I like the calc. > > > > however, my experience with Impress is a very bad one! each and every > > single presentation that i receive that has been made using MSOffice, it > > gets completely messed up by OpenOffice! either the fonts change, or .. > > something goes wrong! > > > > word documents - same story. i always never get to comment a document with > > my colleagues using OpenOffice, they complained that i completely mess up > > my documents. > > > > Surprisingly enough, i purchased StarOffice expecting a difference. Ask me > > how dissapointed i was :-) > > > > > I have been enumerating my experiences in the procurement newspaper on > > > the use of OOo. Please see last week's article on the following link: > > > > > > http://www.procnews.com/040816/sfeature.html > > > > looks good. i agree with you on Calc. spreadsheets are just spreadsheets, > > and calc is just as good as excel. > > > > > Forgive the poor writing skills :) Just trying to hone my skills as a > > > columnist. > > > > indeed, you might want to consider the presentation of the content to suit > > a layman :-) its good though. i didnt know that you write! > > > > ernest. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > ----------------------------- > P. A. Bagyenda > Digital Solutions > P.O.Box 23833 > 58 Bukoto Str. > Kampala, UGANDA > > Tel: +256-41-540143 > Mob: +256-77-507743 > Web: http://www.dsmagic.com > ----------------------------- > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also > be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not > review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete > this email. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
