On 08/20/2012 01:09 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I don't know what words marketing departments for other products use.
It's just interesting to see SoftMaker being careful to avoid
potential problems. They imply they handle DocX better than even MSO
can but then add in a disclaimer. MSO 2010 doesn't always render DocX
created by MSO 2007 perfectly or precisely. That's assuming the same
machine and the same OS.
So, although their front page makes it sound great i would want to see
the results from thousands or millions of different peopl using it
before really judging it's strengths and weaknesses. I suspect that
LO is better but that could be personal bias.
Simon's answer was the clincher for me
"It does not appear to be open source, so it does not offer its users
either a guarantee of continuity or any of the other benefits that
arise from software freedom."
Softmaker is proprietary, closed source and was started in 1989. I have
heard of them since the late 90's as an alternative to MSO.
So, in my opinion lets just see where they are in a year or so.
Being proprietary may give them a niche market that LO couldn't tap
into. Imo anything that helps pull people away from MSO is good.
Having seen there are viable alternatives my guess is that people
would then gravitate towards LO.
Just my 2cents
Regards from
Tom :)
An overlooked problem is macro compatibility. VBA macros are only truly
compatible with MSO. Macro compatibility is a serious issue for most
office suites. Apparently most macros are "developed" by a macro
recorder in MSO. The "developer" often does not know VBA and can not
edit/adapt the code as needed. I have written VBA macros and found the
macro recorder mostly a hindrance; the code produced is not that good or
easy to follow. Some have stated that macro compatibility is the best
"hook" MS has to keep users from migrating to another suite.
Overall, my impression is that Softmaker is it is cheaper and works well
for most people. Its principle problem is that it is a purely commercial
product and while the company appears to listen to its users, it is not
community/user based. Thus you can suffer from the whims of the developer.
--- On *Mon, 20/8/12, Jay Lozier /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] SoftMaker Office
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, 20 August, 2012, 14:41
On 08/20/2012 09:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Interesting choice of words to describe how accurately it
read/writes DocX. Instead of saying "accurately" or "precisely"
they carefully choose to use the word "faithfully". A slightly
more "woolly" word that lets them get away with errors that are
likely to appear.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
What terminology do others, such as Google Docs, use? I suspect
they are
using this terminology to avoid lawsuits from people who do not
realize
msox formats are proprietary when as you note the inevitable
gibberish
occurs.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 20/8/12, Simon Phipps <[email protected]
</mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> From: Simon Phipps <[email protected]
</mc/[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] SoftMaker Office
> To: "Florian Monfort" <[email protected]
</mc/[email protected]>>
> Cc: [email protected]
</mc/[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, 20 August, 2012, 12:15
>
>
> On 20 Aug 2012, at 10:37, Florian Monfort wrote:
>
>> Is it any good compared to LibreOffice ?
>>
>> Wanted to have your opinion !
>>
>> http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofl_en.htm
> It does not appear to be open source, so it does not offer its
users either a guarantee of continuity or any of the other
benefits that arise from software freedom.
>
> S.
>
>
>
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