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

[Michael James Robbert]

For a spreadsheet I use gnumeric and have no problems with it other than 
importing odd text files doesn't seem as clean as when I used Excel in 
the past.  I don't do anything complex so I don't know how well it 
stacks up with other powerhouse spreadsheets.
I have heard that Kpresenter is an excellent replacement for Powerpoint. 
  I have absolutely no need for presentations at this time so I can't 
give any first hand knowledge, but I think that it was at CLIQ last 
spring where David Sifry the CTO of Linuxcare converted from PowerPoint 
to Kpresenter after Kurt Granroth of KDE pointed it out to him.
Another thing that I'll point out is that Sun has announced that the 
next version of StarOffice (6.0 I think) will load as seperate 
components so you won't need to load the whole office suite every time 
you want to edit a small document.  I'm not sure if you'll be able to 
install seperately, but I would think so.

Timothy Klein wrote:
> I agree, this would be usefull.  I find that a word processor is the
> least usefull.  There are replacements that I find to be more adequate,
> and indeed better, than a Word Processor.  I imagine the situation is
> the same with presentations, but I have never had any direct experience.
> The spreadsheet is the only one that I can find a real need for.  I know
> of many ways that things can be done without one, but none seem to quite
> do it.  They all seem overly complex (ie, involve writing some not
> insignificant code).  Anyone know of a good replacement?
> 
> I have nothing against StarOffice or Koffice or the like.  Indeed, the
> average user would not consider Linux usefull without them.  However, if
> one is going to do that kind of work for any considerable amount of
> time, there a far superior ways with Linux, at least with word
> processing.
> 
> Tim
> 
> * Kevin Cullis (kevincu at orci.com) wrote:
> 
>>Tim,
>>
>>That's what I'm currently trying to do: identifying things which I do
>>with an office suite that I can do with other apps.  Maybe we could put
>>together a document to show others that they don't NEED an office suite,
>>but just a mixture of apps that are free with Linux.
>>
>>Kevin
>>
>>Timothy Klein wrote:
>>
>>>When I first switched to Linux a few years ago, I found the lack of an
>>>office suite disconcerting. Today, though, I have no office suite
>>>installed, and I no longer feel the need for one.  I am curious, how many
>>>others use an office suite of apps?
>>>
>>>Just curious,
>>>
>>>Tim
>>>
>>>* Jeffery Cann (jccann at home.com) wrote:
>>>
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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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