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KOffice 2 Alpha 8 Reviewed

dot.kde.org — KOffice, like most KDE applications, has the unique selling point that the same codebase can be compiled and run on various platforms. The latest KOffice alpha release has attracted extra attention since it ships Windows and Macintosh binaries. This naturally means a much larger audience will be able to try it out and kick the tires. Techworld has

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  • moonboots, on 07/06/2008, -0/+15Direct link: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/224689/first_l ...
  • FRuGFoREST, on 07/07/2008, -0/+9Ok, someone have a good comparison between OpenOffice and KOffice ?
  • motang, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6That would be a good one, OpenOffice 3 beta vs. KOffice 2 alpha. Curious to see which would come on top.
  • pxa270, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Here's a (completely serious) summary of the review: it's buggy, slow, unstable and incomplete. In short, it's very much alpha.

    Unless you plan to help with the testing and development, you should just move along, and maybe check back a half year later.
  • SirPopper, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Comparison of office suites Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_office_ ...
  • KAMiKAZOW, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3IMHO it's not fair to compare until both products are final as both development processes are too different to compare pre-release version.
    KOffice 2.0 is still in very early development. Large parts are rewritten compared to KOffice 1.x. OpenOffice 3.0 is a more evolutionary release and thus everything should be more stable and feel more complete.
  • kleverness, on 07/07/2008, -2/+4The review is very poor, but 'm digging this just because I would like people to pay attention to KOffice. Sadly, I think that OpenOffice is far away from being a quality product. On the contrary, KOffice2 has the potential of taking at least a portion of the office market. It just needs more developers and sponsors. Hopefully, this will be just a matter of time.
  • LastDitchHero, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1KOffice is all show and no go. By that I mean it looks very nice and has a lot of graphical polish but really unusable at this point.
  • TehDoctor, on 07/07/2008, -3/+4Pfff... you kids and you're WYSIWYG editors, you're fools. Be real men and use LaTeX.
  • MadOgre, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2I would be interested in that.
  • inactive, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Kudos to you
  • KAMiKAZOW, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1I use both -- depending on the text length. Does this mean I'm neither a kid, nor a man? Am I a teenager?
  • bdpf, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1I just looked at the alpha and the 1.6 release. Still not ready for prime time. I was hoping for a chance to use Koffice to compare it with Open Office, which I can use with windows (uck!) or Ubuntu. I'll need to come back in a year or so. (Drat) Looking further, I spoke in error, Koffice does work on Windows, Thou when I looked on the Koffice web page I found nothing for a windows install except for the alpha release, which is still in development. They need to make it easier to find the links to all flavors of Koffice.
  • mossblaser, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1KOffice while good in many areas (infact, no, seriously good) it is majorly lacking in some key areas that are important for wider use. Still I really hope that they manage to get it sorted for the next release.

    (example: when a spreadsheet offers an ID card as the only other built in template, you know its not that great...)
  • TehDoctor, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1It depends... it's a spectrum, so if you use WYSIWYG a lot, you're a teen, but if you use LaTeX a lot you're old enough to legitimately buy beer in the US.

    By the way, I noticed I had been dugg down and just wanted to say my comment is in jest... I've used KOffice and I like it more than any other office suite out there, I just prefer LaTeX for what I do.
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  • Baryn, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1Actually, OpenOffice is great, you malevolent prick.
  • blogosphear, on 07/07/2008, -3/+2I thought this was the name of a new Street Fighter game...
  • Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -4/+3Goddamn, KDE apps are so damn ugly.

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