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Article:
  Macworld Wish List for Steve
Subject:   iOffice
Date:   2003-12-30 21:06:31
From:   anonymous2
Response to: iOffice

Considering OSS achilles heal has long been usuable desktop productivity software for the so-called "point and drool" masses, I'd say OpenOffice looks like an amazing first step in the right direction. Personaly, I don't find its interface horrible to look at, and so far it's never crashed on me and has successfully imported all my .doc files with one exception, which was a document that had an embedded MS Visio file. The Excel piece looks pretty much like the real deal, at least from a usability standpoint, and the Word clone seems pretty decent. And, after all, it is free. I don't know how much something like iOffice would go for, but I can say that I'm highly inclined to make do with OpenOffice if the price is anywhere near what I think it would be. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Keynote - it's a pretty good tool from what I can tell, and I'm not a OSS zealot, I just like the idea of usuable software that isn't going to wipe out my piggy bank.