On 11 March 2010 15:24, Jakub Lach <jakub_l...@mailplus.pl> wrote: > 11 march 2010 12:33 Anselm R Garbe <ans...@garbe.us> napisał(a): > >> On 11 March 2010 11:20, Alexander Surma <alexander.su...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> > Isn't OOo just java too? >> > So you *might* get that fixxed with the grey-windows-in-java-workarounds: >> >> That would also explain why OO is so damn slow. But it's not Java, >> it's rather a huge pile of crappy C++ code and a big surprise that it >> works to some extend and that people who develop aren't doing suicide >> or look for another job... >> >> Cheers, >> Anselm >> >> > > Yet, there are no sane alternatives, and some of us (e.g. me) must deal > with doc, xls and ppt files. Enough to say it's the only GUI aplication I use > besides web browser and pdfviewer.
I use MS Office for that kind of stuff. It sucks less than OO and I usually have dual boot or some spare system that runs Windows+MS Office. And people stopped complaining about broken documents all the time like in the days when I used OO ;) I know it's sad, but there is no alternative. Cheers, Anselm
