[Discuss] Another happy convert

[David Bronaugh]

John Blomfield wrote:
> David Bronaugh wrote:
>> Patrick wrote:
>>> PPS:    I was surprised to note that Gnumeric handles Excel
>>>     spreadsheets just fine, thank you very much.  Hadn't
>>>     messed with MS files much myself, or looked for ways to
>>>     do it, or needed to, but that was good news.  OpenOffice
>>>     is probably still a good idea, though.    
>> This would be my cue to shit on gnumeric... :)
>>
>> I tried to save a spreadsheet recently to a samba share. It failed 
>> due to the file being in use or some similar BS.
>>
>> I then tried to save the file again. CRASH. Data loss.
>>
>> Overall gnumeric is good, but caveat user here.
>>
>> At least OpenOffice doesn't do stuff like that.
>>
> Have any of you tried KOffice lately I find it is much improved of 
> late.  I always used to prefer Open Office because of the 
> compatibility with MSOffice formats but now KOffice has a lot of the 
> compatibility of Open Office.
>
> John Blomfield
I used KOffice way back when for a short time. I stopped using it when I 
realized it wouldn't save in any useful formats.

However, I was impressed with the usability. This was in 2002 or so.

David