Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

Hi :)  

Kingsoft has been around for years but never got much market-share.  I like the idea of tabs and 
quite like that it has a ribbon-bar.  Tabs are not new.  At least one other Office Suite used tabs 
but used them very differently.  


Of course i prefer LibreOffice/OpenOffice/NeoOffice/Lotus Symphony,  or Google-docs, or 
Caligra/KOffice or Gnome Office but it's good to see the alternatives to MS Office are beginning to 
be more widely recognised.  When competition is fair LibreOffice rises to the top but it's still 
healthier for the market to have choices rather than be dominated by a single profit-making 
company.  

Regards from
Tom :)  






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> From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> To: jack wallen <jlwallen@monkeypantz.net>; LibreO - Marketing Global 
> <marketing@global.libreoffice.org>; LibreO - Users Global <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, 6 June 2013, 22:24
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO
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>
> well I never heard of that product and if there is any truth of what the 
> commenter states, I would not want to try it.
>
> I really do not see any free office product that is better than 
> LibreOffice.  I have been using LibreOffice since it was just about to 
> be released off of the "release candidate stage".  Have been supporting 
> LO since 3.3.2 or 3.3.3.  I have been handing out brochures of one type 
> or another promoting LO, and CDs and DVDs with LO on them since the 
> spring/summer of 2011.
>
> I believe that LibreOffice is better than MSO, not just a free 
> alternative to MSO.  I stopped buying MSO with the 2003 release.
>
> So, I do not agree with your article.
>
> I believe in LibreOffice and all of its pros and cons.  I use it and 
> promote it.
>
> So, I have never heard of Kingsoft's office package.  I have never seen 
> any other articles stating that Kingsoft was a good or great free package.
>
>
>
> On 06/06/2013 02:55 PM, jack wallen wrote:
> > The author of that article was me...just so ya know.
> >
> > > I never even heard of this office packages company.
> > >
> > > If the commenter is correct, then CNET really need to rethink their
> > > recommendations.
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33153_7-57587824-10391733/kingsoft-office-2013-the-best-free-microsoft-office-alternative/
> > >
> > >
> > > Kingsoft Office 2013: The best free Microsoft Office alternative?
> > >
> > > Not only does it have the best interface around, it also brings
> > > innovations like tabbed document viewing and drag-and-drop paragraph
> > > adjustment.
> > > Rick Broida
> > > by Rick Broida
> > > June 5, 2013 10:52 AM PDT
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > One of the replies to that article is as follows
> > > ---------------
> > >
> > > the_brigadier
> > > 25 minutes ago
> > >
> > > You do know Kingsoft is a communist Chinese company whose nation has
> > > been conducting unrelenting hack attacks to strip America of all its
> > > technology? If you can't build it, steal it is their credo. What better
> > > way to open up a million backdoors then by offering free software that
> > > exactly emulates Microsoft's flagship program.
> > >
> > > By the way read their EULA very carefully. IT CLEARLY STATES THAT
> > > ANYTHING CREATED USING THEIR SOFTWARE BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF KINGSOFT.
> > > Have you read it Karyn?  I downloaded this software several years ago
> > > read that EULA and used Revo to deepscan uninstall that software. It had
> > > put tendrils all through my computer. Revo is very good and got it all,
> > > but don't be fooled.
> > >
> > > This is part and parcel to China's hacking attempts and for cnet to
> > > recommend it is both incredibly naive and questionable at best.
> > >
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