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[News] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org: A Draw

  • Subject: [News] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org: A Draw
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:14:23 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice

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| There you have it; let's call it a draw.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59637.html


Related:

Office software shootout: OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Micosoft Word, round three

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| As in the previous two comparisons, Writer emerged as the winner in the 
| majority of categories. However, in many categories, the decision is not as 
| obvious as in previous comparisons. For the first time in several releases, 
| Word's designers seem to be making significant changes. These changes are not 
| always successful -- in fact, the reordering of menus into ribbons might be 
| seen by the cynical as an attempt to hide some long-term embarrassments, such 
| as the ongoing problems with master documents. But at least the effort is  
| being made. Writer, by contrast, seems to be standing still, and some of its 
| problems -- notably, cross-references -- are almost as long-neglected as some 
| of Word's.        
| 
| As free software, Writer has advantages that Word is unlikely to match -- its 
| philosophy, its price, its easy availability, and its frequent updates. 
| However, speaking only in terms of functionality, Writer seems to be coasting 
| a little on its reputation. If that continues, its superiority may be eroded, 
| or dissolved altogether.    
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118986


Thailand: Egat turns to open source to cut costs

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| There are 7,000 PC units based on Open Office or 70 per cent of all 12,000 PC 
| units in the organisation. 
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http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/08/28/technology/technology_30046747.php


OpenOffice.org in Education: A Roundup

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| Wow, sometimes you think you’re really tied into a product and who’s using it 
| and where, but even I was surprised at the amount of people and institutions 
| deploying, using and enhancing OpenOffice.org.  
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http://opseast.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/openofficeorg-in-education-a-roundup/


100,000,000 OpenOffice.org fans can't be wrong

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| Simon's official response explained the business rationale behind
| offering support for OpenOffice.org: "OpenOffice.org has becomep
| henomenally successful, Sun alone has shipped more than 70 million
| copies of OpenOffice.org 2.0," he said. "Out there, there
| are maybe 100 million copies of OpenOffice.org. It would be
| senseless to ignore that opportunity."
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/100000000_openo.html


Dell Offers Ubuntu, What About OpenOffice?

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| According to the IdeaStorm website, pre-installed OpenOffice is 
| "Under Consideration," which appears to be just below "Coming 
| Soon" in their hierarchy of possible implementation. Let's
| hope it moves to "Already Offered" soon!
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http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/552


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


OpenOffice ODF/.odt compared to Microsoft Word .doc

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| From this limited data sample, I have to declare OpenOffice Writer
| the champion of round one. Perhaps if Microsoft Word employed a
| compressed output form the outcome may have been different. It is
| actually a little strange that OpenOffice which is based on a pure
| text format (XML) is compressed into a binary zip file and that
| Microsoft Word, which is a proprietary binary format is not.
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http://3monkeyweb.com/3monkeys/2006/12/29/openoffice-odfodt-compared-to-microsoft-word-doc/
http://tinyurl.com/yanry6


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?
| 
| 
| [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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