Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libra Office on a Mac Mini (compared to Ms Office or default installed iWorks Apps)

On 17 September 2015 at 14:04, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:
> Am 17.09.2015 um 13:08 schrieb James Knott:
> > On 09/17/2015 03:25 AM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > > In particular, this is not an alternative
> > > editor for MS Office documents.
> >
> > Your comments are contrary to the experiences of many who have used
> > LibreOffice and OpenOffice for years.
> As an ODF suite, it is an alternative to MSOffice indeed. However it is
> not a good alternative if you store your work in MSOffice formats all
> the time. Macro compatibility is close to zero (nice try at best).

Macros are not standardised, last I checked docs are not even
disclosed or leaked. Sometimes parts of that are just
reverse-engineered.[*] In languages world semi-solutions are
frustrating.

Example: Imagine how great would be the C++ support in MS Visual
Studio if C++ was a secret language developed by competition...

[*] Which is not legal in some countries :)

-- 
regards, Jaroslaw Staniek

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