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== Comments ==

Absolutely not. KOffice is not a suitable replacement for OpenOffice.org at this time.
 * Not all file formats supported by OpenOffice.org are supported equally well in KOffice. This particularly applies to the Microsoft Office formats. Improvements have been made in this area over the 1.5x and 1.6x releases, but the file format support is still insufficient.
 * KWord, KSpread and KPresenter are not as stable, polished or well tested as their OpenOffice.org counterparts, which have benefited from much greater manpower over many years.
 * KWord, KSpread and KPresenter have a considerably smaller feature-set than OpenOffice. I believe that experienced spreadsheet users will find KSpread in particular wanting.
 * KWord and KPresenter in particular still have a critical issue with font kerning where text runs into itself, depending on the font being used.
 * OpenOffice.org already has a number of features to help integrate it into the KDE environment - such as support for the KDE file open/save dialogs and a connector for the KDE address book. I think time would be better spent improving these features.
 * OpenOffice.org performance has already improved in the latest release, and I suspect that it will continue to do so.
 * OpenOffice.org is well supported commercially - which has obvious implications for those who bankroll Kubuntu.

I think the best way for Kubuntu to support KOffice is by continuing to provide up-to-date packages of new versions as they are released and continuing to advertise those packages on the Kubuntu website.

-- Robert Knight

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Summary

Replace OpenOffice.org with KOffice 1.6

Rationale

  • KOffice uses the already loaded kdelibs so so will use less resources than OpenOffice.org

  • Better Intergration with other default Kubuntu applications such as Krita,Kopete,Kontact/Kmail
  • Uses Less Space on the CDRom leaving room for future apps withough removing lang packs as Kubuntu Grows
  • Support KDE apps in our KDE Based Distro

Use cases

Scope

  • Moving KOffice to Main from Universe and adding it to the kubuntu-desktop seeds as well as removing OpenOffice.org from the seeds

Design

Implementation

Data preservation and migration

  • All file formats supported by OpenOffice.org are also supported by KOffice 1.6

Unresolved issues

BoF agenda and discussion

Comments

Absolutely not. KOffice is not a suitable replacement for OpenOffice.org at this time.

  • Not all file formats supported by OpenOffice.org are supported equally well in KOffice. This particularly applies to the Microsoft Office formats. Improvements have been made in this area over the 1.5x and 1.6x releases, but the file format support is still insufficient.

  • KWord, KSpread and KPresenter are not as stable, polished or well tested as their OpenOffice.org counterparts, which have benefited from much greater manpower over many years.

  • KWord, KSpread and KPresenter have a considerably smaller feature-set than OpenOffice. I believe that experienced spreadsheet users will find KSpread in particular wanting.

  • KWord and KPresenter in particular still have a critical issue with font kerning where text runs into itself, depending on the font being used.

  • OpenOffice.org already has a number of features to help integrate it into the KDE environment - such as support for the KDE file open/save dialogs and a connector for the KDE address book. I think time would be better spent improving these features.

  • OpenOffice.org performance has already improved in the latest release, and I suspect that it will continue to do so.

  • OpenOffice.org is well supported commercially - which has obvious implications for those who bankroll Kubuntu.

I think the best way for Kubuntu to support KOffice is by continuing to provide up-to-date packages of new versions as they are released and continuing to advertise those packages on the Kubuntu website.

-- Robert Knight

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