NewsForge: FOSS Spreadsheet Hands-On Comparison

“Rumors about the capabilities of free and open source
spreadsheets are common among office software users, but not all of
the rumors are backed by hands-on experience with the products. To
get a better sense of the current state of FOSS spreadsheets, I
installed the latest versions available for Debian: build 1.9.83 of
the OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta (for OpenOffice.org Calc), KSpread
1.3.5, and Gnumeric 1.4.3-6. Some of what I found contradicts the
common wisdom.

“I examined their functionality in categories meant to reflect
the majority of office users’ needs…”

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