NewsForge Reviews Excel Clone for Linux

martin-k writes "NewsForge has a glowing review about PlanMaker for Linux, a new spreadsheet for Linux that is much more compatible with Microsoft Excel than the competition and speedier, too. PlanMaker has Excel-compatible charting and AutoShapes and reads and writes any Excel file you throw at it. Here is a chart comparing Excel, OpenOffice.org, and PlanMaker." Yes, Virginia, NewsForge is also part of OSDN, like Slashdot.

Comments

Re:Let me be the first

[Anonymous Coward]

why not try gimp instead?

gnumeric is also very good

[frontloader]

i havent bothered to look at planmaker, but i use gnumeric [over OO.org] for spreadsheet work.. and it rocks the house.

besides.. :

tengu:/home/mschupp# apt-get install planmaker
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package planmaker

Re:Remember This Marketing Strategy

[vijaya_chandra]

Shit, what Microsoft product hasn't been cloned for Linux yet? I want to make some fast cash! Let me know so I can get coding...

Please get this cloned for linux and I would send you ten penguins for dinner ( sorry no 'wine' in stock )

Re:It's not free.

[Conor Turton]

The best stuff usually isn't.

Re:Why not buy Win4Lin/Wine and run Excel?

[Tarantolato]

Compatibility for WordArt is not at the top of my requirements list for compatibility. Oh Jesus! People here bitch about Flash, but they obviously haven't been in an office where WordArt is in heavy use. It's a fucking monstrosity that offends god and man, I tell you.

It's definitely on my list of things I don't want to see compatibility for.

Re:For scientific calculations, clones are useless

[scotch]

"64k rows should be enough for anybody" - MS Excel Lead Developer

It's not free.-Master-charge.

[Anonymous Coward]

"The best stuff usually isn't."

So, you pay for sex?

Whaddaya mean compatible?

[Sensible Clod]

I went through the whole key sequence TWICE, but it wouldn't let me into the Hall of Tortured Souls OR the Spy Hunter game!!