POD vs. reST for standalone writing?

[Gerhard Häring]

eichin at metacarta.com wrote:
> So, after a recent bad experience with LyX and version skew, I was
> looking at alternatives for software end-user and administrator
> documentation.  The constraints are pretty simple:
> 
> * produce good html and PDF
>   ** via linux tools, and highly preferably free ones
> * be editable on multiple platforms
>   ** linux first, but also, osx, windows
> * support "literal computer output" and screen shot
> [...]

I'd give OpenOffice a try. I haven't tried the HTML export much. PDF 
export exists in the 1.1 beta.

-- Gerhard