__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 17:31 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> I happened to have come across the following.
>>
>> http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=40489
>>
>> Look at this proof that a transition from Microsoft word to KWord should
>> be painless. Moreover, try to compare the GUI in terms of the fine details
>> of the icons...
>
> I tried Koffice about a year ago. It was very unstable. I am sorry, but I
> think I will stick to Openoffice. I do not think that Koffice has a reason
> to exist given how much better Openoffice is than MS Office.
I use KSpread on some rare occasions, but I rarely launch KWord (I prefer raw
LaTeX and LyX). I think I have only used KWord once or twice. I don't know
how good/bad (or even un/stable) the most recent versions are because I run
it on an antiquated distribution. Either way, it holds promise due to
/speed/ -- an aspect which OpenOffice addresses better as time goes by. It
matures along with a distribution's ability to integrate and speed it up
(e.g. by prudently pre-loading runtime libraries, depending on available
RAM).
I find it rather pathetic that several people still use launchtime as a
benchmark component. Some just launch OpenOffice once a day (or days, or
months in the case of stable Linux) and thereafter, it'll quick, robust, and
versatile. Oh! And by the way, both OpenOffice and KWord have independent
implementations of ODF -- an ISO standard for documents.
Best wishes,
Roy
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