![]() ![]() If you want a dictionary build a database and web app. I would not trust this type of work or programming to some single file that sitting out on a share probably. When I start reading about some of the complex things people do with word processors I cringe. Usage creep is another issue along the same lines: people who've successfully abused Microsoft Office demanding comparable usage "benefits" from OpenOffice - an issue nailed by Storm14k in this comment with respect to the word processor component: This is a real issue people are afraid of - one you'll hear cited when you suggest people convert their own operations to OpenOffice, but which actually reflects bugs in Microsoft Office and offers the ironic implication that OpenOffice ought to code for those bugs. Lance.e.king, for example, pointed out that work done in Impress doesn't always survive a transition to PowerPoint, while other people mentioned similar problems, particularly with respect to embedded imagery, with Writer to Word translations. The only obviously unanswerable criticism of OO came from people concerned with inter-operability issues with respect to conversions from OO to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is better for most users because it's free, but it's reasonable to assume that a few users will want/need/demand Microsoft Office for functional or personal reasons.People who preferred OpenOffice generally argued one of two positions:.People who wrote against Openoffice usually did so in demonstrable error - on the original mail merge issue, on performance, and on specific functions, most of which OO simply doesn't handle in the same way Microsoft Office does.argued without contradiction that the Access front end is much better than its competitor.argued it's use as a smart client in more complex applications or,. ![]() argued for the Microsoft suite on the grounds that other people's use of it forced them to adopt it.people who preferred Microsoft Office to OpenOffice generally also did one or more of the following:.As of this June 8th this had drawn 142 comments from which I concluded that: Last week I asked for help understanding the circumstances under which one of these packages is distinctly preferable to the other. ![]()
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