As a predominately Linux user of AOO, I can say that it is generally very good - I think I may have had a couple crashes with the 4.0 version, but I honestly can't remember. I much prefer AOO over LO. The only place I have had issues with the AndroOpenOffice port for Android which while coming along is still a ways from being production quality, but it's not maintained at all with this community - the developer, I'm told, has expressly decided not to.
That said, AOO on Linux is a bit more problematic mainly because it does not enjoy the same level of distribution integration that LO has. I use KDE; AOO only provides integration for GNOME. So I'm left somewhat stuck for the time being, until I get around to doing the integration myself if it doesn't happen in the community first. If there integration were there, then I think it's be a first class experience just like on Windows. Ben ________________________________ From: Scooter <scoo...@scootersdesk.com> To: users@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away... (Rampant FUD in FOSS Land) Good Morning Group, I'm a bit confused. What is FOSS & FUD and why would any of us think "Open Office is pretty much only a memory" (per Mr Cassia).? I join Mr. Davis' opinion. I tried LibreOffice (LO) not knowing about Apache Open Office (AOO), and didn't like LO. It was too different from OO 3.3. If Mr Cassia is literally referring to the Open Office of Oracle then he is correct, but LO ain't it. How and why is Mr Cassia in this List group If he detests AOO so much. I can't judge his statements about the Linux version, I am a happy Win7 user of AOO, especially since it went into Apache's main level of support. I read the articles included in Mr Cassia's email. I didn't understand , since most of it referred to SQL, MySQL, Maria/DB and not to LibreOffice The websites were geared to Linux, maybe that's why this diatribe makes no sense to me. Take Care. Scooter College Park, MD USA Chuck Davis wrote on 9/18/2013 5:58 AM: > LibreOffice is a pile of crapware in my experience. Q.C. seems to be > missing in action! OpenOffice has always done what I need to get done > without irritating the daylights out of me. > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> (and MySQL too, and probably the same that would like for Oracle's >> investments in FOSS to end). >> >> "LibreOffice, as you know, is now the defacto office suite of choice >> among Linux users and is rapidly gaining traction in the Windows world >> as well. " >> "OpenOffice is pretty much only a memory" >> >> http://www.linuxtoday.com/upload/oracle-losing-its-mysql-grip-to-mariadb-130916110509.html >> >> Citebite archive: http://pages.citebite.com/l2e1g0y0r4kpb >> >> Apparently the original story has been pulled from FOSSFORCE.COM, but >> not before it was widely spread around... >> >> This is the same scenario as when Googles move from MySQL to MDB is >> mirrored everywhere, yet Mozilla's decision, on technical merits to >> move from MDB to MySQL 5.6 gets no mention whatsoever. >> https://twitter.com/sheeri/status/372319624043716608 >> https://twitter.com/sheeri/status/372099540624478208 >> >> Of course, truth is just a small peeble in the shoes of a good FUD >> campaign... doesnt stop them. Apache OpenOffice or MySQL: the tactics >> are the same, lie,lie, and lie again. >> >> Some of the lies stick and become common, widespread truths repeated >> without fact-checking. The rest is herd behaviour and copy-paste IT >> journalism. Case in point:http://tinyurl.com/muktware-liars vs reality >> http://tinyurl.com/lsvya6f >> >> Or: http://pages.citebite.com/c2u1y0m0q5vti vs:reality: >> https://twitter.com/myfear/status/380190532552884225 >> >> This isnt healthy. It needs to stop. >> >> In the wise words of Shuttleworth: http://pages.citebite.com/e7v0f3m9sder >> >> Is the Evil Empire of Redmondia behind this campaign to portray IBMers >> as inept (Rob Weir has mentioned some of the FUD coming from the ither >> side wrt Sidebar and IBMs contributions) and Oracle as evil, when both >> firms are investing a lot in FOSS development (in the case of Oracle, >> investing a lot in Linux kernel engineers, OpenJDK, Netbeans, >> Glassfish, releasing JavaFX 2.0 under a GPL license, Virtualbox, >> etc..) Or is someone else behind this persistent FUD? Some firm that >> perhaps wants its web services to replace everything else? >> >> Thinking aloud >> FC >> >> -- >> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a >> revolutionary act >> Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un >> Acto Revolucionario >> - George Orwel >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
