Is LibreOffice *THAT* bad? :(

[Brian Cluff]

If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade.  That is some 
basic functionality that is not working for you.  I've never seen such a 
basic bug before.

Brian

On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> 3.6.2.2
> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
>     What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>     that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>
>     Brian
>
>
>     On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>         here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>         functions are
>         performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated (cell3
>         isn't right).
>
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>         On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <paul at opscode.com
>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com>
>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com <mailto:paul at opscode.com>>> wrote:
>
>              I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>         experience and
>              the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>         compared to MS
>              Office.  I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use cases
>         and is
>              more than capable of handling what most users need, however
>         it's
>              interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>         macros the
>              rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look as
>         nice and
>              formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>         when you
>              open an xlsx).  Microsoft has invested a lot of time, money and
>              energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>         great (if
>              not their best) product.  The heavy excel users I know that
>         don't
>              run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>
>              As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>         community is
>              very bad at is learning from what others get right.  You
>         might not
>              like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no way
>         due to
>              making some good products is disingenuous at best.  If people
>              genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage (which
>         is not of
>              any particular interest to me personally) the right
>         questions to ask
>              are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what they
>         get wrong.
>
>
>              On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
>              <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.__com
>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>> wrote:
>
>                  So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>         moving to Linux.
>                  Baaaad idea...
>                  The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>         could not
>                  keep up.
>                  But it was not lack of features or limitations, it was
>         *STUPID*
>                  (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the real
>         value
>                  and/or recalculating wrong.
>                  I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>         (unbelievable)
>                  problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>                  The guy is back to Excel...
>                  What am I missing?
>                  ET
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