Re: [PLUG] Linux spreadsheets

["W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>]

I have been making copies of theOpenCD, which includes OpenOffice.org plus
many other windows OSS. I'll send a complimentary copy to anyone who fills
out this form on my website:
http://www.acetechgroup.com/index.php?page_name=ContactUs.



> As a spreadsheet jockey (Excel), I can say that the KOffice spreadsheet
> is not ready for prime time.
> Gnumeric is better, but I still found it awkward to use.
> (Both are the versions currently provided in Debian Woody).
> I've installed openoffice 1.0.1 and, from what I've been able to see so
> far, it's the best of the three.  Probably an adequate Excel replacement
> for most people.  I have yet to tackle the macro language, though.
> For the sake of market success, the availability of a free Windows
> version is key.  People in the tech community should keep trying to
> create demand for openoffice in the same way that the Windows majority
> makes it hard for linux users to interact:  "What do you mean, you don't
> have Internet Explorer?
> Go download it, it's free!"
> Especially for users of the single-user versions (95/98/ME) where the
> install
> is point-and-click, there's no reason everyone can't have openoffice
> installed.
> Probably best to keep the CD around, send out documents in openoffice
> format, then
> when people say "what's this?", you say "oh, you don't have OpenOffice
> yet? Here you go."
> :-)
>
> Greg
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> OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 works great. I do all my spreadsheets with it, both
> in windows and linux. It's nice to finally be able to share docs easily
> between the two.
>
>> How about spreadsheets?  What do you consider comparable to Excel?
>
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