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Denmark urges govt support for open source
Talkback Do you even know the openoffice file format? Now now now. It is a compressed xml file. Meaining you uncompress it with standard compression tools followed by interpret the plane text that is encased.ie unlike you state, it will not become obsolete...
[October 28, 2003, 20:30]
The ABC of open source in schools
Talkback Why don't the teachers who refused to use StarOffice/OpenOffice speak up and voice their concerns themselves instead of MS speaking for them? When they speak up, not only their concerns can be addressed quickly but they will get their wish list...
[May 17, 2005, 21:31]
Scottish schools get help with StarOffice
Talkback This is an interesting development but I wonder why they are considering Staroffice rather than Openoffice.org as there are no significant differences for most users. I appreciate that educational users will pay only a small distribution charge but...
[May 7, 2004, 12:17]
French opt for laissez-faire Linux
Talkback I installed OpenOffice on production systems the morning I heard about the 1.0 release. I had to hunt the world over to find a server not loaded down with the demand. There were a few problems, but it worked.
[November 13, 2005, 13:43]
It's Office, but not as good
Member Review The procedure for OpenOffice is convoluted to say the least and took me at least 45 minutes to work out and involved saving a template and using it as the default (it seems much like the way Word 6.0 used to operate).
[October 8, 2004, 16:08]
Cross-platform, open standards & FREE!
Member Review Nothing cannot be done in OpenOffice. Highly functional. Migrating from MS Office entails little or no effort at all. I know! Because we have done it already in our company employing 100 employees. If it is not there, it can be configured/programmed.
[November 20, 2003, 13:12]
Works in the home too!
Talkback Good set of points, here, which can also be applied to your relatives - I've introduced openoffice.org and firefox this way, leading to Linux on at least one more home laptop. The only problem I can see is that some aspects (dual-booting, test...
[April 2, 2009, 8:07]
What else would you offer for the next wave of desktop computing on Linux?
Member Review With OpenOffice and StarOffice there are few reasons for laggards to remain on the proprietary side. Desktop Linux is ready for prime time. I have used a very stable distribution for more than a year now.
[November 13, 2003, 10:56]
Why buy Office for Mac?
Talkback NeoOffice (www.neooffice.com) is the Mac version of OpenOffice and handles MS formats nicely. When you can get NeoOffice free?
[April 3, 2007, 13:54]
Excellent low-cost alternative to MS Office
Member Review As such OpenOffice fulfills all my needs. I primarily run with medium to large text documents and simple spreadsheets. The export to PDF function is something that MS Office cannot yet do, but is an extremely useful option.
[October 20, 2003, 16:56]
Even my Dad can use it!
Member Review Replaced his Office package with OpenOffice. He hardly noticed any change at all . I now have OOo installed on two home machines and two at work. Hardly ever use MS Office anymore.
[October 21, 2003, 14:10]
Microsoft's anti-piracy plan condemned
Talkback I use Mozilla forr my web browser and OpenOffice for my office suite. Most Microsoft flaws is mostly two programs, Their web brower and office. And they are both free. I either download for free and not have to pay a arm and a leg for them.
[February 27, 2005, 1:55]
An 'Outlook Killer' is in devlopment over at OOo -- it will spell the beginning of the end of Microsoft Office
Member Review OpenOffice.org far outdistances Microsoft Office in all of its available product lines on dependability, quality, reliability, usability, document flexibility, and portability -- virtually every truly important underlying feature for an office suite.
[November 10, 2003, 8:00]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback As a small office desktop user our 'training' with Openoffice, etc.will make a switch to Linux easier when we are for$ed to by Microsoft.
[February 9, 2005, 19:27]
Not powerful/compatible enough
Member Review I believe that the success of OpenOffice hinges on the 80/20 rule. It may be enough for some people, but my experience was that Word's more advanced features were either poorly/not supported, or just not compatible with Word's implementation...
[November 3, 2003, 9:13]
Munich Linux migration slips to 2006
Talkback The "but not all 250" and "OpenOffice on Linux" and "we didn't think it through" fall on the deaf ears of the zealots. "14,000! came the breathless cry. Three years on, and "250! they whisper. To the zealotry: grow up.
[September 5, 2005, 23:37]
Closing the Office door on Microsoft
Talkback Don't forget that there are a lot of userful features in OpenOffice that doesn't exist in Microsoft Office. E.g.export to pdf and flash, a documented xmlbased file format that makes it easy to integrate into other systems regardless if they have...
[June 17, 2004, 3:16]
End of Line/life for Microsoft !
Talkback Microsoft announced the stoppage of distributing its office as Openoffice has been taking away almost all its market share. One day, not far away in future, you will be reporting : The next news, after the above is easy to guess !
[November 2, 2009, 18:08]
Very funny Worm
Talkback When you execute this "badbunny.odg" OpenOffice.Org ask you if YOU want execute this MACRO. Hey my friend, BadBunny is a macro. Do you know what is MACRO? If you answer YES, this macro is launched. If I send you a BAT File (Windows Systems) that...
[June 12, 2007, 0:27]
we're still using it after a year, and haven't a complaint!
Member Review Enter OpenOffice.org! We're a small office of 4 people and although we did purchase a full version of Microsoft Office (97! when it came time to upgrade we just couldn't afford it, thus started looking for alternatives.
[October 28, 2003, 7:11]
