OOo Testimonial

[Matthew Carpenter]

I have been using the SO beta since it came out and up until it "expired".
 I begrudgingly installed OOo 1.0 when it came out.  I hate installing
software.

I just had to turn in my on-call hours to my boss.  I do mine using
OpenCalc, and save as .XLS and attach that to an email.  I used to use
StarCalc, of course.  Each time I would open in Excel the files saved in
StarCalc, things would just be funny... like a cell being bolded or odd
formatting for numbers in the same column...  

Before turning in my time sheet, I openned it in Excel, and voila... it
was perfect.  YMMV, but I have instant respect for the OOo filter for XLS.
 I'd be interested in others' experiences as well.  I have always been a
little shy when exchanging stuff done in SO, because I want my Linux-usage
to go unnoticed by certain people so that when they find out I use it,
they are shocked.  No, I feel a bit more confident that what I'm sending
will look to others as I think it looks.