[wplug] OpenOffice to the rescue again

[R.E.Coutch]

I've contibuted more than my 2 cents tonight ( I'm up to about a buck 
25) but I have to say that
I'm real happy with OpenOffice.org1.0.

I put together a PDF format tech manual at work using OO Writer and 
ghostview to do it.
The boss couldn't believe I spent no money on software.

I often open Word and Excel files with OO and have experienced only some 
formatting problems with Word doc's on occasion.

I do a lot of work with databases so I've got StarOffice 5.2 on my RH 
7.2 machine at work.
I use unix-ODBC to  access my postgresql server (same RH machine) with 
Star Office (and sometimes I use pgaccess).
I'm not as comfotable accessing databases in OpenOffice and it doesn't 
seem to have the same capabilities as StarOffice.

Star Office 6 is a commercial program for around $50-$75 and is much 
more worth the cost than MS-Office (IMHO).


Russ Schneider wrote:

> I've heard some people knock it, but I can't go on enough about how 
> much I've been pleased with OpenOffice.
>
> Today a client forwarded to me a MS PowerPoint Presentation and I was 
> about to whine and bitch, until I looked around on my machine and 
> found Impress from OpenOffice.
>
> I was able to open and view the file with no problem, again proving 
> that there is never a situation that calls for me to boot into 
> Windows. :)
>
> -- Happy Linux Deskotp User
>
>