KDE Readies KOffice 2.0 As OpenOffice Competitor

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 9, 2007 @11:52AM from the another-country-heard-from dept.

Da Massive writes in with a link to a story on KOffice 2.0, the next generation of the KDE office suite due sometime next year. In an interview with KDE spokesman Sebastian Kugler, Computerworld reports that KOffice 2.0 will be leaner, faster, and enjoy a cleaner code base than OpenOffice. It will also feature more applications, including an Access-like database creator, a flowcharter, and an image manipulation tool. KOffice is not yet fully compatible with ODF but the claim is that 2.0 will be.

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Windows? by jo7hs2 · 2007-10-09 12:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yeah, but will/does it run on Windows? I know TONS of people who have started using OpenOffice as a replacement for MS-Office. Why? Not because they support OSS. Not because they hate MS. Because they can't afford Office, but their computer DID come with Windows, and they have no desire to change. Unless it works in Windows, opens Word documents, and conforms to a look/feel that most Windows users can comprehend, it will only be a blip.