Re: [libreoffice-marketing] SoftMaker Office

On 08/21/2012 10:33 AM, toki wrote:
> On 08/20/2012 09:37 AM, Florian Monfort wrote:
> > Is it any good compared to LibreOffice ?
> The versions I've tested have not been able to read, write, edit, or
> create documents that use ODF file formats.
>
> Nor were they able to open documents in various MSO file formats that I had.
>
> jonathon
>
>    *
>    * English
>
>    * English
Which versions of Softmaker and any specific MSO formats? MSOX formats 
are know to sometimes cause problems with non MSO office suites. ODT 
formats are read/write in SO 2012.

Also, did any of the files have VBA macros? VBA macros are a serious 
problem for non MSO suites because the macros do not always "translate" 
into the macro language of the other suite.

The real question is whether SO (or LO) is adequate MSO replacement for 
most users. My experience is for most users the answer is yes; most 
users only use a part of the available features. Then the issue is 
whether a proprietary, commercial package (SO) is better than LO. 
Technically, I believe LO is better and I do not find most commercial 
software support all that good (I have not checked SO's support). But 
others may have different opinions and comfort levels between 
proprietary and FOSS software.

IMHO, the real marketing issue for most users is that MS has convinced 
them that there is only office suite that can be used.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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