[CLUE-Tech] Hancom Office - A Commercial KDE Application

[Jeffery Cann]

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Interesting.

A commercial office application for Linux that I have absolutely never 
heard of!  I thought that Linux didn't have enough critical desktop 
mass for this type of non-sense...  (kidding)

http://www.hancom.com/en/product_service/office.html

Apparently, Hancom is based in Seoul, Korea.  Their site does not serve 
up too well in Konqueror - use Mozilla or Netscape.  

I did download the trial version of the spreadsheet.  It's a typical 
KDE application -- looks great, responsive, enough functionality for 
mortal users.  I tried importing an MS Office sheet (exported from Star 
Office) and everything looks good.

Hancon writes on their website that they have a deal with theKompany to 
integrate additional apps.  For example, Hancom Quicksilver PIM is 
Aethera.

Quanta fans will notice that the Hancom WebBuilder is Quanta.  I have 
used Quanta in its 'open source' (now unmaintaned) state for the past 
year-- it is an excellent HTML / PHP editor.  Unfortunately, theKompany 
wooed the Russian developers to turn Quanta away from open source and 
into a commercial application.  I am glad to see that it will continue 
to live on.  Of course, I would prefer that they stick with the GPL, 
but I cannot begrudge them for wanting to pay their bills!

Good stuff!  Definitely worth a look.  If you are into commercial 
office suites, the price ($49) is hard to beat.

Later.
Jeff
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