SoftMaker Office 2010 For Linux Nearing Release 110
martin-k writes "SoftMaker Office is a Microsoft-compatible office suite that competes with OpenOffice.org. Its creator, German software publisher SoftMaker, is nearing completion of the latest release, SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux. This new release offers document tabs, high-quality filters for the Microsoft Office 2007 file formats DOCX and XLSX, and presentation-quality charts in the spreadsheet. It also brings integration into KDE and Gnome, using the system's colors and fonts. A release candidate is available as a free download."
Look at Evermore. It's got lots of potential too (Score:3, Interesting)
This office suite [evermoresw.com] has got lots of potential too. Now if only they could release a Linux version.
Re:How did this not get binspammed? (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe because it's an ad for a product that's actually useful to the point where it has no real competitors? It has noticeably better MSOffice compatibility than OO.org, and it's much more lightweight, as well. I suspect it would be something that quite a few Linux users could use - so long as they aren't morally opposed to shelling out $50 (or whatever it is these days) for software.
Re:Look at Evermore. It's got lots of potential to (Score:1, Interesting)
Looks interesting, and it's certainly cheap enough. Too bad I don't trust the Chinese...
Re:Look at Evermore. It's got lots of potential to (Score:0, Interesting)
Looks interesting, and it's certainly cheap enough. Too bad I don't trust the Chinese...
Are you some kind of racist? Let me guess, you trust the white/Aryan Germans just fine, even though both Germany and China are foreign nations.
Re:Look at Evermore. It's got lots of potential to (Score:3, Interesting)
I might be interested in an openoffice alternative (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm running OO 2.4 at work, 3.1 at home.. I'm scared to upgrade at work until I've got time to really sit with it.
I don't run OO because its free, I run it because it runs on Linux. I am willing to pay for software to run on Linux... I am running Cadsoft Eagle for board layout, and Varicad for mechanical. I probably spend more time in front of OpenOffice than both these put together, so getting something that could make me look better and improve efficiency wouldn't be a bad deal.
I'm also nervous about what Oracle is going to do with OpenOffice... I'd like to see them take it on and improve it, maybe fund some good fonts. Maybe do some tearing up and fixing up for stability and speed. But I'm not sure our definitions of "improve" would be the same, and I'm not at all sure I trust Oracle anyways.
Re:Look at Evermore. It's got lots of potential to (Score:3, Interesting)
Considering the Chinese government pays hackers to steal foreign companies secrets and spread propaganda to their own people, who knows what they've paid the company to insert into their office software. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps something. Why take that risk?