2nd April 2004, 10:19 AM
The reason they don't support Publisher is because they say it's not worth the time to do it. I guess they figure nobody uses it anymore. They had to reverse engineer all of Mocrosoft's file formats, and supposedly MS keeps changing .doc to try to stop people like Open Office, and then Open Office reverse engineer the new format, adn the cycle continues.
I've never used a lot of the Office stuff anyway. Actually I used Access a lot to do database stuff for a company I interned at during the summer, but other than that I really haven't done anything other than basic stuff. I used Word as a basic word processor and nothing more. Open Office seems to compare fine for stuff like that. They really strive to match Office in every way that they can and I think they've done a good job.
I've never used a lot of the Office stuff anyway. Actually I used Access a lot to do database stuff for a company I interned at during the summer, but other than that I really haven't done anything other than basic stuff. I used Word as a basic word processor and nothing more. Open Office seems to compare fine for stuff like that. They really strive to match Office in every way that they can and I think they've done a good job.