Review roundup: Dumping Microsoft Office for an alternative suite
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| There are alternatives for both Mac and Windows -- even if you need Office
| compatibility
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027698&intsrc=hm_ts_head
Related:
OpenOffice.org releases native Mac OS X preview
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| OpenOffice.org released its first native packages for Mac OS X this week.
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http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/12/1928248&from=rss
Desktop publishing with OpenOffice.org
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| "Do you offer a program like Microsoft Publisher?" Some version of
| this question appears regularly on the OpenOffice.org mailing lists.
| Many people automatic answer "no," and say that Scribus is more
| suitable for desktop publishing. But, in fact, OpenOffice.org
| boasts two mid-level layout programs -- Draw and Writer -- each
| of which is far more versatile than its name suggests.
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http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/23/2055214
Open Office vs. Microsoft Office
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| This has been just a short overview comparing Open Office to Microsoft
| Office to demonstrate that you don't have to pay a lot of money to get
| a great Office Suite. In fact, you may not have to spend any money to
| get a great Office Suite.
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http://www.ubuntunoob.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=1
Microsoft Office or OpenOffice?
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| Let's turn to Microsoft Office. Again, it brings in a ton of
| revenue to Redmond, even though there are full office productivity
| suites that compete with it. My guess is that many of you can't
| name one though -- and that is what Microsoft counts on, which is
| branding power. The full-featured OpenOffice productivity suite
| is pretty darn impressive (I've used it), and it's completely
| free and interoperable with Microsoft Office (not sure about
| Office 2007). Why don't more people use it then? Lack of knowing
| it exists is a possibility, and having to download the suite or
| order it for about $10 on CD may be obstacles. Plus, you can't
| find it on Best Buy shelves. If customers start becoming smarter
| and find out out about OpenOffice or even Google Inc.'s Google
| Apps, could a large piece of Microsoft's kingdom come
| crashing down?
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| [Disclosure: I own MSFT shares as of 5-29-07]
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http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-office-or-openoffice/
NeoOffice: It's Ready for Primetime
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| Four weeks ago I decided to try using Neo Office, the Open Source
| word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing program. Neo
| Office is based on Open Office which was created by Sun Microsystems,
| and then released out into the wild as an Open Source project. It
| was developed to work on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.
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http://www.surfbits.com/?p=1160
Chinese software company to tailor OpenOffice
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| RedFlag produces a Chinese variation of OpenOffice.org called
| RedOffice. The company is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Science.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9722855-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
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