On the other hand, besides people expecting too much from Abiword and open-source software in general, when was the last time you didn't see a newsgroup or forum post by a developer praising Abiword or any other open-source project as a fully-functional alternative to their commercial counterparts? Like on MacSlash, one of the Abiword developers regularly advertises Abiword as not only being an alternative to MS Word, but also as having more features... and some wonder where the high expectations come from.
I think some open-source projects need to keep their developers on a tighter leash to prevent them from causing potential damage to their project in the sense of "But he said I can do the laundry with this spreadsheet, I read it on [insert favorite forum here]..."
Me, I'm content with any piece of software that does what it claims to do.
If you look closely at my.sig, you'll see it move, honest.
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I think some open-source projects need to keep their developers on a tighter leash to prevent them from causing potential damage to their project in the sense of "But he said I can do the laundry with this spreadsheet, I read it on [insert favorite forum here]..." .sig, you'll see it move, honest.
Me, I'm content with any piece of software that does what it claims to do.
If you look closely at my