Its funny when I posted stuff on here about open source software I did not think it would be met with such strong opinions. Its almost like its a apple vs pc debate. I just posted because I would think that most of the users could utilize open source stuff without spend $$$ on software that they may use a few times a week. Even student that don't have a software program with their school would rather save the 200.00 on an app if they can use a office suite that is free.
My two cents again Cheers Steve On 2/1/06, Steve Peckey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have used office 97, 2000, and now xp on my pc. I have open office > on my desktop as well as office xp. On my ibook I have office 2004 as > well as neo office. As far as microsoft software goes I would replace > any open source app for microsoft stuff. I really don't like ms office > on a mac but I use different apps depending on what I am doing. Since > most of the open source office apps integrate with ms office appsI > have not had any problems. > > I think some of the open source stuff runs better on older macs G3's > and such and ms office is such a resource hog. > > My two cents, I'm also lucky to have been able to get all of my > software from my days in college, when I was at Purdue Microsoft had a > deal that you were able to get any of their titles at 5.00 > > Cheers > Steve > > On 2/1/06, Tim Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Clarification here: you really replaced a program suite that you > > paid $400 for with open source NeoOffice? Pardon my doubt here, but > > Microsoft Office is the 'gold standard'. I can't imagine that any > > open source would run as fast or offer as many features. Now I do > > have to qualify this statement (critique) by saying that I've never > > tried any of the open source software available and I would need some > > pretty convincing evidence to get me to chuck out Office 2004 in > > favor of something written in java and needing to have X11 added to > > my computer. How about some real world examples. When I click on > > Word, it opens in seconds.....maybe 1 second (I just tried it)...does > > the open source version do that? Bruce, you know I totally respect > > your opinion, but this one has me a bit doubtful. > > > > Tim > > On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > On Feb 1, 2006, at 2:17 AM, Steve Peckey wrote: > > > > > >> Here is a nice site full of open source mac software. Aside from > > >> browsers would anyone like to share experiances with any of these > > >> > > >> www.opensourcemac.org > > > > > > HandBrake, Nvu and NeoOffice are great. I've replaced MS office > > > with NeoOffice on my home machines. > > > > > > There's a lot of cool stuff there. > > > > > > A site with TONS of OSS stuff is Sourcforge.org. 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