Comments on: Mac Microsoft Office 2008 needs a public beta http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152 Ishir Bhan's web log Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ibhan http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152/comment-page-1#comment-5124 ibhan Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:40:10 +0000 http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152#comment-5124 Malcolm: I think that many people have just come to accept MS Office as the standard, and don't even realize how bad it's become. <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/" rel="nofollow">Apple Insider</a> had a nice series comparing Office to iWork recently. Rob: The problem I have with OpenOffice is that, well, it sucks (yes, I've tried NeoOffice). At best, it's about as good as MS Office, but it is just as clunky and is downright sluggish compared to iWork. The only reason I still use Word for some word processing tasks is that I haven't been able to establish a good system for academic reference tracking. Malcolm: I think that many people have just come to accept MS Office as the standard, and don’t even realize how bad it’s become. Apple Insider had a nice series comparing Office to iWork recently.

Rob: The problem I have with OpenOffice is that, well, it sucks (yes, I’ve tried NeoOffice). At best, it’s about as good as MS Office, but it is just as clunky and is downright sluggish compared to iWork. The only reason I still use Word for some word processing tasks is that I haven’t been able to establish a good system for academic reference tracking.

]]> By: Rob http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152/comment-page-1#comment-5115 Rob Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:04:40 +0000 http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152#comment-5115 There is no reason to use MS Office for personal data (I submit to office interoperability realities for work-related data). OpenOffice does just about anything one could possibly need to do for personal data. There is even a native Mac port - NeoOffice. I can move and work on my data files between Windows machines and Mac machines with no problem. There is no reason to use MS Office for personal data (I submit to office interoperability realities for work-related data). OpenOffice does just about anything one could possibly need to do for personal data. There is even a native Mac port – NeoOffice. I can move and work on my data files between Windows machines and Mac machines with no problem.

]]> By: Malcolm Eley http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152/comment-page-1#comment-5112 Malcolm Eley Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:14:35 +0000 http://www.infobhan.com/archives/152#comment-5112 Hi, and thanks for the excellent idea of at least trying working with a Mac rather than continue to endure MS Office. One question though: Do you have any idea where all the relevant criticism of MS Office (and, indeed, the other junk) can be found on the net? It amazes me, as an intensiver user of Word and occasional (involuntary) user of PPT and Excel, that the whole web's not full of outraged protests - or am I looking in the wrong places? This applies in particular to the German version of WORD (I'm a [British] translator working here in Germany), but I suspect all the other versions are just as bad! But where are the protests?? Best wishes Malcolm Hi, and thanks for the excellent idea of at least trying working with a Mac rather than continue to endure MS Office. One question though: Do you have any idea where all the relevant criticism of MS Office (and, indeed, the other junk) can be found on the net? It amazes me, as an intensiver user of Word and occasional (involuntary) user of PPT and Excel, that the whole web’s not full of outraged protests – or am I looking in the wrong places?
This applies in particular to the German version of WORD (I’m a [British] translator working here in Germany), but I suspect all the other versions are just as bad! But where are the protests??
Best wishes
Malcolm

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