Re: Feedback requested: Knowledge Worker Toolbox

Subject: Re: Feedback requested: Knowledge Worker Toolbox
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:27:04 -0700


> On 7/15/05, Barry Campbell <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > A project I've had on the back-burner for a while is the assembly of a
> > "Knowledge Worker Toolbox," comparing commercial software to
> > open-source and freeware tools.
> >
> > A very preliminary version of this can be found here:
> > http://campbell-online.com/resources/knowledge_worker_toolbox.html
> >
> > If the topic interests you, I'd really appreciate your review and
> > feedback (suggestions, additions, corrections, strongly-worded
> > opinions, war stories, etc.)

Some random points:

-- version 2.0 of OOo is a very acceptable replacement for Acrobat.

-- OOo Word is a good replacement for FrameMaker (see my article on the
Techwr-l site)

-- To avoid confusion, you should distinguish between Free Software on
the one hand and Shareware or Freeware on the other. They're not the
same thing. In your column, you mean Shareware/Open Source.

-- You might make clear that you're focusing on the Windows platform.
That's not a given nowadays.

-- Comparing Dreamweaver and Nvu is going to disappoint people. Nvu is
not nearly up to Dreamweaver's standards. You might want to mention
that, especially since there are a lot more open source alternatives if
you are using GNU/Linux.

-- The GIMP compares favorably to PhotoShop, too.

-- OpenOffice.org is compatible with MS Office only if you specifically
save files in MS formats.

-- If you do a search, you can find lots of freeware or shareware
alternatives to RoboHelp. There may even be an open source alternative.


--
Bruce Byfield 604-421.7177
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield


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References:
Feedback requested: Knowledge Worker Toolbox: From: Barry Campbell
Re: Feedback requested: Knowledge Worker Toolbox: From: Mitchell Maltenfort

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