Thoughts after OpenOffice trial

Article title: thoughts after OpenOffice trial. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

I have downloaded version 1.1 since last night. It's strange that I picked the HK download server as a snail bait. The installation starts after the download. the installation is simple and inherits the Next style of Microsoft. I chose all the functions. Unfortunately, JRM is not installed on the machine, so I am prompted that I will be unable to use some of the functions, and I am not sure which part it is.

I was quite satisfied with the usage and basically achieved my desired functions. I started a small solution document from the first time to two hours later, and it was easy to use, I didn't see any advantages in terms of functionality, because most of them are imitating MSOffice, but it is still commendable because it is similar to imitating it. What impressed me most was that this open source, based on the C ++ underlying layer and basic platform independence, was so smooth under windows, whether it is memory usage, graphic interface re-painting, or integration with the operating system, it is relatively strong. Moreover, the best performance of OO should be in linux/unix. I think it must be more perfect. I decided to pay close attention to the subsequent development of this product in the future, and may join the organization to make some contributions if I have time and energy :)

Let's talk about the shortcomings. In my opinion, in addition to Writer, other products such as Calc and Impress are still not good. Although Writer can maximize its support for the MSOffice format, the support for tables, text boxes, and graphics in Word is not enough, let alone the marginalized features such as Art words, the layout style is also a little simple. maybe I am not skilled yet, but I have not found a complicated outline layout.

There is no need to worry about product functional deficiencies. I believe OO can solve these problems and these minor problems will be effectively improved in future versions. I am worried about some technical factors:

OpenOffice has a serious lack of open source fonts

SUN's every move is related to the destruction of OpenOffice

The License of OpenOffice specifies that the format standard cannot be modified for life.

Open Source leads to loose R & D and subsequent development. the huge 7.6 million lines of code result in a shortage of core development teams in the future. many new developers can only wander around the edge features of OO, few people have the ability to upgrade the kernel.

Low price <格式的兼容+用户习惯< p>

Marketing is seriously insufficient, and sales, promotion, training, and after-sales services are lacking. although it is free of charge, users are more concerned about who will provide services.

The disadvantages listed above also exist in many other open-source products. I have a deep understanding of the linux events I have encountered in my recent work: as a company, there are very few users willing to provide customers with software and hardware solutions based on non-windows architectures, because the cost is too high, although open-source products are free, the huge aftersales pressure is terrible. The same is the server. when both NT and linux are faulty, the SCIS hard disk of RAID 5 cannot be mounted to the dual-host hot backup. this problem is often encountered in two operating systems, although this is rarely related to the OS itself, it is because of the hot standby software. However, in windows, you can use a single phone to remotely instruct the user to fix the problem, and linux won't work, it may not take a short time to repair the website. That is, the company is willing to send windows engineers to provide on-site guidance, because a good linux engineer is scarce, with a salary of 5000, and a one-day travel subsidy of 200. windows engineers are everywhere, one-day travel subsidy of 100, which is the cost.