[clue-tech] beginner to KDE

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 28 June 2008 19:25, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:19 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> 
wrote:
> >> 2. Even if you resolve the dependancies, you'll be a lot better off
> >> with OpenOffice.
> >
> > GoodNESS, this sounds rather like Collins praising something.  :-)  What
> > do you like so much about OO, Collins?  Or dislike about KOffice?
>
> Just the usual reports that Koffice is an almost-usable product, even
> after lo these many years, whereas OO is a complete product that
> offers 99% of everything in the "higher priced spread" absolutely
> free.
>
> Collins gives praise where praise is due and/or gripes a lot where
> praise is not due.

Agreed,   I just wish that they hadn't made it a point to copy (or I 
guess "give equivalent functionality" might be another way of putting it) 
with such stupidity as starting the spreadsheet with _three_ sheets,  when I 
only usually want one...

I too have little use for koffice,  these days.

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