Comment Re:One of the most important open source projects? (Score 3, Interesting) 268
If Linux had a better one...
I found it interesting in TFA when OpenOffice was compared to Firefox. Its not Firefox, it Mozilla. What OpenOffice needs to succeed is a decrufting just as Mozilla needed a few visionary programmers to come along and throw it all out.
IMHO, as it stands OO is a slow, crufty, bloated nightmare. For gods sakes, will someone drive a stake into the heart of this ten headed monster and kill it. Maybe a phoenix will rise from the ashes.
OO needs to take a long hard look at the success of Firefox. You don't win by being free, you win by being better. Firefox is better than IE. OO isn't anywhere close to better than Microsoft Office.
I hate the evil empire as much as the next geek, but don't let hate blind you to relative quality.
I found it interesting in TFA when OpenOffice was compared to Firefox. Its not Firefox, it Mozilla. What OpenOffice needs to succeed is a decrufting just as Mozilla needed a few visionary programmers to come along and throw it all out.
IMHO, as it stands OO is a slow, crufty, bloated nightmare. For gods sakes, will someone drive a stake into the heart of this ten headed monster and kill it. Maybe a phoenix will rise from the ashes.
OO needs to take a long hard look at the success of Firefox. You don't win by being free, you win by being better. Firefox is better than IE. OO isn't anywhere close to better than Microsoft Office.
I hate the evil empire as much as the next geek, but don't let hate blind you to relative quality.
