As I look at the feature list for 3.1, particularly Charts, I'm reminded of the most recent Microsoft thingie for which I wanted a non-Microsoft replacement.
Planning and scheduling. GANTT charts and resource-tracking/allocating charts with a scheduling engine behind them. Does that sound like a useful "next direction" for OOo development? Or is the number of people who use OOo professionally too small to support such an addition? Alternatively, does anybody know of a substitute for MS Project? Naturally, in this list I'm asking about a "free" version (as in source code available), but "free-as-in-beer" would also be nice... just not an absolute requirement. If I recall correctly, at one time OOo didn't include a database component either, but eventually it happened. So why not planning, too? I tried OpenProj and it imports and displays MS Proj files, but it lacks a really nifty feature. It displays resources as either blue (normal) or red (critical), no other colors. In MS Proj, we produce huge GANTT charts for groups of people working mutliple projects, so we color-code each resource. That makes it MUCH easier to scan a schedule/chart and pick out the places where I (for instance) am double-booked. Still, they've got the start of a good engine. I wonder if something like that could be brought under the OOo umbrella. I wonder if anybody other than me would be pleased to see that happen. Comments? Thoughts? - Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
