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

[Jeffery Cann]

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I write all of my consulting documents - specifications, invoices, etc. 
in Star Office.  I really like it and cannot wait for 6.0 - when they 
remove the 'everything in one place' desktop.

Jeff

On Friday 21 September 2001 15:01, 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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