[luau] MS Office, WordPerfect, StarOffice
Joe Linux
joelinux at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 29 05:05:00 PDT 2002
In a nutshell, WP gives mush more control over the document than SO.
Gary Sublett wrote:
>
>Wayne,
>
>I am somewhat familiar with your ongoing quest regarding WordPerfect and
>your opinion of potential substitutes. I find the included WSJ article
>interesting but it does little to explain, in detail, specific
>issues/problems with StarOffice/OpenOffice encountered by you or Mr.
>Mossberg. Do have a free cite to the acutal review by Mr. Mossberg?
>
>I am interested in where the alternatives to WordPerfect fail, in your
>or his opinion. Is it due to not performing as specified, don't have
>the required features, don't work like WordPerfect, the user not being
>familiar with the applications, or some other _______ (fill in the
>blank)? "Too complicated, quirky and buggy" does not provide much
>insight.
>
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