Bruce wrote: > "OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software."
So what do you expect in an Office Suite: i) Database functionality; ii) Spreadsheet functionality;; iii) Word Processing functionality; iv) Graphics functionality; v) Contact Management functionality; vi) Project Management functionality. vii) Presentation creation/editing; Some have also argued for inclusion of the following: viii) Email read/write/send ix) Accounting functionality; x) Scheduling functionality Look at MSOffice Small Business Edition: i) Database: Neither included, nor kludges available. Must buy and install Access or other database program; ii) Spreadsheet: included; iii) Word Processing: Included; iv) Graphics functionality: Included v) Contact management: Requires Outlook to be installed. vi) Project management: Neither included, nor kludges available. Must buy and install Project Manager or other software vii) Presentation: Neither included, nor kludges available. Must buy and install Presentation Manager or other software. viii) Email: Requires installation of Outlook. ix) Accounting: Neither included, nor kludges available. Requires installation of Money, or other accounting program. x) Scheduling: Neither included, nor kludges available. Can somebody explain why MSoffice Small Business Edition qualifies as an office suite, since it leaves out so many things that an office suite is expected to have. OOo 1.1.x i) Database functionality; Included ii) Spreadsheet functionality;; Included iii) Word Processing functionality; Included iv) Graphics functionality; Included v) Contact Management functionality; Template used to be available. Recommendation is to use SunBird. vi) Project Management functionality. Template used to be available. Recommendation is to use another program for project management. vii) Presentation creation/editing; Included viii) Email read/write/send. Neither included, nor kludges available.Install Thunderbird ix) Accounting functionality; Templates are available. Recommendation is to use SQL Ledger. x) Scheduling: Templates used to be available. Recommendation to use project management software. Of those, the only one that OOo can not do is email. Three other programs are recommended, instead of using OOo. OOo 2.0 is in the same situation as OOo 1.1.x. > "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office - > you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org 1.1." This refers to ease of use. If one knows how to use one office suite, one can easilly learn to use another office suite --- in this instance OOo. > could be taken as a statement that "OOo is a clone of MSO". Following that logic, MSoffice is a clone of GeoWorks, and Lotus SmartSuite is a clone of AppleWorks. >"we don't have all the features and we're not thinking of implement them" You are confusing functionality with specific features. > it's "bug for bug compatible*", it's not going to be a wholly viable product. In taht case MSOffice doesn't fit your needs either. Or did you not know that different versions of MSOfficeXP have different bugs? [The same thing is also true of MSoffice97, MSOffice, and MSOffice98.] xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
