[billybob]

I'm with you: I use OO, and I also think it's not great.

I use it because the document format is open (I've lost documents in the past to format extinction), and because the software is free.

I think it's not great because of tons of little bugs in the spreadsheet and presentation software. Like it doesn't remember my formatting for new cells in a column, even though I highlighted the whole column and applied it. Like I can't reliably move images around on a presentation screen.

Those kinds of frustrations really add up. If I had advice for the OO team, it would be "don't add features. Grind away at bug fixes and usability testing until everything behaves as expected."

If people said "OO doesn't have all the features of MS Office, but it works great for what it does," that would be a great milestone and would drive a lot of adoption, I think.

[katovatzschyn]

I use OO as well, because of Linux, but I dislike it very much. If I did not use LaTeX I would have switched back by now. I am nearly infinite calm person in general, but OO has cured me of this. It is the only program that has ever made me angry.

[rimantas]

  I'm with you: I use OO, and I also think it's not great.

I have tried to switch multiple times, but thad did not last for long. OO severely lacks polish. I am lucky not to have either MS Office or OO installed on my machines, my simple needs are fully met either by TextEdit or Google Docs. If I want something more fancy I have a copy of iWork—once again I am lucky I don't exchange document often. Frankly, I have little hope for OO.