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Microsoft Office Alternative
zridling:
Wow, nice find on Spread32, lanux. Thanks.
lanux128:
Wow, nice find on Spread32, lanux. Thanks.-zridling (April 13, 2006, 03:52 AM)
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you're welcome, zridling. :)
btw, the download is only 508 KB (no, that's not a typo).
f0dder:
I currently use OpenOffice myself, but I'm tiiiiired of it's extremely long startup time and bloat. Java, bleh. Once it's started, it's sorta okay though - but of course I do have a AMD64x2 4400+ w/2gig of ram.
At work we're forced to use MS Office, the alternatives just don't handle the Office file formats well enough... and, well, Office is pretty darn fast compared to OpenOffice, and that's *without* those silly boot-time preloaders.
m_s:
I have used Word for ages and ages, since migrating from Wordperfect. I run Portable OpenOffice (http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice) from a USB stick when on the road, and that really is pretty good. That said, I think I would prefer to use one of the online word processors - most likely http://www.writely.com - when away from home and online. In fact, if you have an always-on internet connection, using Writely might be a way to reduce system drag, since all you need to have open is your browser...
Darwin:
Ashampoo (http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?session_langid=2&idstring=0038) has a suite called Office 2005 that I've not tried. At $70, it's pretty expensive, given the cost of other alternatives (ie FREE!), but is worth a look. There is also Ragtime (http://www.ragtime-online.com/ - version 6 is in beta) which is free for home use but it's a bit bloated too, I think. I've done some minimal "playing" with it and it imports and exports word and excel files well but is a bit annoying in that it does so a bit slowly. This may be because it is in beta... I didn't keep the latest official release of 5 loaded long enough to remark on how quickly it does the same thing.
Looks like the suggestions from lanux are the way to go, though! I'll be checking those out myself...
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