Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

Hi :)
Errr, you did say you knew the list wouldn't be happy about the
suggestion!  No need to defend your choice further!

Personally i think people should try out alternatives because i
believe LibreOffice is so much better that people will return to it.
With some alternatives they are better for maybe 1 thing, for example
i think Gnumeric is a better spreadsheet program but Calc is "good
enough" for most cases.  There's nothing stopping people from having
multiple tools and using whichever they feel like using at the time.
Some people have 1 or 2 things that LibreOffice is not great for and
have specialist tools, or going to one of the alternatives for a while
seems like a great option for them.

We don't need one monolithic program that does everything any more.
It's better to have a choice of tools.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 19 November 2013 00:10, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 11/18/2013 06:36 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > On 11/18/2013 06:32 PM, Doug wrote:
> > > On 11/18/2013 03:40 PM, Charles Smith wrote:
> > > > On 11/18/13 11:58 AM, Doug wrote:
> > > > > This list may not like the suggestion, but Softmaker has a free version
> > > > > of its word processor and spreadsheet. You might find it less fiddly
> > > > > than LO.
> > > > >
> > > > > --doug
> > > > Hmmm...No Mac version and not free--unless I overlooked something on the
> > > > website.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > No, not for Mac, but it sure is available for Linux. Look here:
> > >
> > > http://www.freeoffice.com/en/
> > >
> > > AFAIK, it is only short a few fonts compared to the paid version.
> > > I have it on my laptop, and it works great.
> > >
> > > --doug
> > Checking the website, I only saw Windows and Linux versions.
> That's what I said. I didn't realize you need a Mac program.
> --doug
>
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