John W. Kennedy wrote:
Microsoft Project is a relatively little known Microsoft application
that does stuff in the PERT, GANNT, Critical-Path-Method line. It is not
unreasonable to hope that OpenOffice.org would include it (it would much
more sensible, really, than some of the things OOo is asked to add),
though, as we know, OOo does not at present have such a feature.
I don't know whether there's some other FOSS package out there that does.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Project
Microsoft Project is a specialized accounting program for managing large
projects.
It has never been part of Microsoft Office and no corresponding product
has been part of any other office suite, so far as I know.
So it is not surprising that nothing similar is included in
OpenOffice.org or is planned to be included. One might as well expect a
full-fledged CAD program or a full-fledged
The Google query [FOSS "microsoft project"] turned information on
supposed free projects that were supposedly similar, which is another
reason why OpenOffice.org should not move into a field already supplied
with free products. Let's concentrate on getting the core products
working perfectly.
But check out Open Workbench, GanttProject, Planner, and so forth.
Jim Allan
Jim Allan
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