That is a *very* good question. I don't have a live failure to submit but I'll keep my eye out and do some testing to find one. As to OO, for myself, VBA capability is major, but I am eager to be swayed over to the whole suite.

To me the basic evalution boils down to subtracting negatives - if any exist or if they are significant. This is not to say I'm against OO and I want it to succeed - big - and raves and kudos abound out there. I already know how MS deals with negatives (not). But since any negatives are important, though rarely reported for OO, I picked up a little buzz. These are all short:

A few j-walk bloggees speak: http://j-walkblog.com/blog/comments/18118_0_1_0_C2/
next link very odd - great if you start from Google, else requires registration
Word vs. OO vs. Star: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum10/6734.htm
year old comments: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...=790061&page=2
also perhaps dated? http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...=875559&page=1
OO Calc bash: http://www.diaspoir.net/blog/mt/archives/000133.html
Ah,heck,one of the many feelgoods: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3154?page=last
Sarcasm supremo (long): http://business.newsforge.com/articl.../09/05/1414247