TextMaker?

[Joel Hammer]

Sounds great, but why give up old linux stalwarts like
openoffice? Openoffice (staroffice) is the only linux wordprocessor I
have used since day one. Others,like wordperfect 8, abiword, applix,
WordperfectOffice Suite, koffice, have all dropped out and/or have
proved inadequate.

If we linux users are so fickle that we quickly dump old friends for
the newest pretty face on the scene, we will not be seen as a very
desirable target audience for developers. Constantly looking for the
newest greatest thing instead of improving what already works seems
counterproductive. For example, it would be great if staroffice got
volunteers to improve its version of visual basic. 

And, openoffice does fine with excel spreadsheets.

And, openoffice has been supported by a large corporation for years,
so the users have some hope that it will be around for years to come.

Joel