Re: gnumeric or oocalc
I don't think gnumeric is cross-platform (easily cross platformed, maybe with cygwin)
whereas Openoffice is (click and install). I use Excel everyday and in combination
with VBA and other programs like SPSS and powerpoint.
I have to admit that I haven't played much with OO macros and not at all with
gnumeric. At a glance, under tools, OOCalc has a macro language and gnumeric
does not appear to have one.
Both will allow simple import/export to Excel. Some formatting will change
when importing from Excel to OOCalc. Could be wrong but I don't imagine
you would want to import/export macros. Macros would probably lose their
functionality.
OOCalc is part of an office suite so I imagine (maybe incorrectly) that the
macro language will allow write/spreadsheet/presentation cross manipulation
--i.e. cut and paste macro from Calc to Writer..., pasting spreadsheet from
oocalc to presentation ... without using a third party language like
perl/python.
Granted, as a statistician, my needs are far above those of most "normal"
users and my guess is that for most users either gnumeric or oocalc will
work nicely.
I think you have given me a reason to spend more time learning a bit about
scripting capabilities of these two packages :-)
Lance
> Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> > Hi all
> > My intention is not to start a flamewar but to get opinions on
> > which spreadsheet software is better? While having choice is better, I
> > would prefer to start with one and stick to it if possible. In
> > particular I am looking for
> >
> > 1) things which can be done in one but cant be done in another?
> >
> > 2) Which is better compatible with microsoft excel?
> >
> > 3) which requires more memory, speed, other performance aspects?
> >
> > 4) which is being actively developed and has good documentation?
> >
> > 5) Any better spreadsheet programs out there which I have not looked at?
> >
> > 6) Enable some sort of scripting along with gui?
>
> I have another criteria which you may or may not find relevant: is it
> cross-platform. This is a critical issue to me, because i need to be
> able to recommend the tool to the end users i support, and most of them
> still use Windows or Mac. Therefore, if there is a cross-platform
> solution that works (i.e. OpenOffice.org), i recommend it. I do the
> same with browsers and email (Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird).
>
> --
> Paul
> <http://paulgear.webhop.net>
> --
> Did you know? Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook have a poor track
> record for security <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878>. Why not
> try one of the more secure alternatives from <http://www.mozilla.org>?
--
Lance Hoffmeyer
lance@augustmail.com
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