[Ti] Re: OpenOffice on Mac

[TjL]

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:11:00 -0600 "Chris Olson" <chris.olson at astcomm.net> 
wrote:
>Otherwise Microsoft I'm sure would retain a stranglehold on Office  
>file format specifications.
>

Chris and I agree completely :-)

Not only that but they don't even stay compatible with their own formats.

(aside: I'm surprised they still don't have a way to open WordPerfect 
files.  NeoOffice does this.  Word hasn't, and I don't know why)

There's plenty wrong with Word.  Most people are just used to it.  
WordPerfect is a much better and easier to use program.  Word tries too 
hard to be clever (i.e. If I make a list, Word decides to indent it.  Why?  
WP has had booklet printing for ages.  It's easy to left/center/right align 
text *on the same line* in WP, which can't be done in Word without making a 
table.  And I haven't even mentioned "reveal codes".

I'd encourage everyone to Google "AlmostPerfect" and read how WordPerfect 
was designed and built compared to Word.  It's a fascinating story about 
competing with Microsoft and how a few missteps can kill your app.

TjL