Re: [SLE] koffice vs star office

On Monday 17 December 2001 20:11, Landy Roman wrote:

is so and open office the same

Amost. SO has printer drivers available that are propriatary and make easy printer connections, while OO depends on the Linux standbyes, lpd, CUPS and the rest. For me, the advantage is that OO includes, if you want it, the source. No propriatary security or privacy holes. JLK

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:02:30 -0600

Jerry Kreps wrote:

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On Monday 17 December 2001 19:34, Landy Roman wrote:

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who will win this battle?????

i shall ask which one is better

Actually, it depends on your needs. If you want an office app that presents a monolithic desktop then SO 5.2 is your app. If you want to have the parts of SO 5.2 broken out so you can access them without firing up the monolithic desktop then either SO 6.0 or Open Office 6.0 will be the one.

KOffice hasn't quite come to gether yet, and it may be a while before it reaches the sophistication of Open Office 6.0. Meanwhile, IMO, Open Office 6.0 is the one to bet on for the next year or so. But, this question may have to be reviewed every year, because KDE and KOffice have a higher rate of development.

My 0.02 JLK

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