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Story: Microsoft: Office '10 years ahead' of OpenOffice
Posted by: Richard Thorne (Wednesday 8 March 2006, 3:37 PM)
I've not downloaded OpenOffice but I am aware that it is available for free both from the net and on PC magazine discs; I believe they are on version 2 now.
I previously bought the Ability Office Suite for less than £40 and have been delighted with it. Therefore I didn't have the need to add another 'office software' program, but for individual home users who are not students the advantages of OpenOffice seem vast, also one PC magazine "Computer-active" feature have featured a number of workshops on OpenOffice and the most negative comment I recall them saying was that the thesaurus is a US English version and not UK.
If you are having a PC built then using either program will save you a great deal of money and they both
inter-act with programs such as Microsoft 'Word' etc.
PC owners deserve a choice and Microsoft deserve a wake up call on there prices to individuals, at home and this market must be one of the biggest of all.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Microsoft: Office '10 years ahead' of OpenOffice
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I've been using OO for about 6 months now and... Matt Webber -
As a user of OpenOffice for 12 months (o... Ian Edwards -
I find that I neither use nor want... Doug
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I've not downloaded OpenOffice but I am aware that... Richard Thorne -
A few notes: The UK thesaurus thing seems to... Sam Vere
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"the most negative comment I recall them sayi... Anonymous
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I dropped MS Office for OpenOffice three years ago... Olavi Petri
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Collaboration:
I know of at least one documentatio... Yagotta B. Kidding
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If this is true (which I dispute) maybe OOo s... Andrew Meredith
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If MSOffice is so far ahead, why are its menus sti... Anonymous
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It's all true.
MSOffice is focusing in collab... Javier
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One would expect Microsoft to say that. They have... Robert Burling
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10 years of additional bombast and silly entertain... Rolf Scherzinger
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Oh yeah, if M$ Office is so good, why it has... KrAzY_BoY
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Absolutely true!
Look, if all you care a... Steve Thompson
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I am using OOo for the past 3 years and I am well... S. Rathinagiri
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answering to: Steve Thompson
Frankly, I real... Mitch 74
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I use OOo daily, but there are some areas where it... Tom
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A lot of large corporates still use Office 20... dukeinlondon
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I've been using OOo for about the last t... Shadow Systems
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Open office is really good. The bes... Amol
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Regarding Tom's comment on Num... Ian Edwards
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Open Office doesn't do everything that MS office d... John Bates
