| A comparative review of OpenOffice, Gnumeric, and KSpread |
May 16, 2005
Newsforge offers an in-depth evaluation of three open-source spreadsheet applications for Linux. Author Bruce Byfield studies OpenOffice 2.0 beta Calc, Gnumeric 1.4.3-6, and KSpread 1.3.5, and explains where each excels and where it fails to impress.
Byfield evaluated the three offerings for functionality on six criteria, which he says "reflect the majority of office users' needs":- list-making and display
- functions
- formulas
- formatting
- charts
- computational speed
Overall Byfield awarded the most points to OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta's Calc. He asserts that it is the most "fully-featured" spreadsheet app, and notes that the 2.0 beta version runs quickly enough.
"Of course, these verdicts do not necessarily tell the whole story," Byfield cautions. Each application has different strengths and weaknesses, and which app is best really depends on what the user needs.
Read the details at NewsForge.com.
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