tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post7142161481139744488..comments2024-03-27T10:57:28.203-04:00Comments on The Strategic Sourceror: Is Libre Calc A Good Replacement for Microsoft Excel?Strategic Sourcerorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028298940153171661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-84748700368644308582014-02-07T14:12:24.003-05:002014-02-07T14:12:24.003-05:00I understand that the core has been rewritten. The...I understand that the core has been rewritten. The press surrounding the 4.2 release and new core is exactly what inspired the article. <br /><br />The "polish, not substance" comes from the fact that they improved on things that spreadsheet users don't often need in areas like cell formatting options and font choices, but still left severe workflow handicaps for anyone looking to move to Calc from Excel. Some may argue that LibreOffice should be able to stand alone from MS Office, but that's simply not going to happen given that suite's nearly 20 years of market dominance. LibreOffice can focus on its "substance" by creating an Office rival with zero learning curve. Adding new features and options to its programs are, by that definition, polish.<br /><br />To your second point, my PrivotTables (sic) claim was formed from my own use of MS Excel and LibreOffice 4.2 and reading other reviews. The UI is substantially different than what users are familiar with (see above), which takes away from its usability, and some of the deeper "second level" options available in MS Excel's PivotTables are not available. Nicholas Hamnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922110678221154988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-48198343258040684132014-02-05T19:17:16.401-05:002014-02-05T19:17:16.401-05:00Thanks for the very interesting article. The state...Thanks for the very interesting article. The statement in the verdict "But it looks as if the Libre Office developers focused on the polish and not on the substance" is simply not correct. Particularly in the recent 4.2 release almost the entire Calc core has been rewritten. This is the absolute "substance" of Calc. See here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.2#Calc_2 and here https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.2#Calc.<br />Also, I do not see where LibreOffice's support for PrivotTables is "severely limited" compared to Excel.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com