I recently downloaded the free programs that Openoffice.org gives away for free. (That is right free!) For those that are not familiar with openoffice.org, they let you down load their programs off their web site for free with no gimmicks and it is not a trial run. The programs are basically a mock of Microsoft's office programs. I have used openoffice.org Writer (witch is like word) and I must say it's a pretty good mock of Microsoft’s Word, but what makes it even better is that it is totally free. For those that have a need or a future need for a data base program, Openoffice.org has a program called Base (it like Microsoft Access) and it is phenomenal as well. There is one thing that I have come to realize about these programs that openoffice.org offer's, it hasn’t yet became popular enough to become some what of a secondary standard. You can’t do a slide show and take it to a business meeting and expect to open it on any computer because not everyone is using these programs. How ever on the other hand if you or a big company needs a bundle of programs for multiple computers they do not have to spend a dime for a good word processor. They will then save a bundle of money and have a quality product. If im not mistaken, openoffice.org has a really good support forum. I suspect that once this organization gets is more prominent and more popular it will eventually turn into a profit company and they will market there programs and possibly even be competition for Microsoft’s Office. If you want to check it out and get your free programs I would do it soon because I’m sure the time is ticking on there free offer.
Over all I give the programs a 8.3 of 10 for easy of use
10 out of 10 for cost 5 out of 10 for portability.
Over all I give the programs a 8.3 of 10 for easy of use
10 out of 10 for cost 5 out of 10 for portability.
I like utilizing open office and google apps. I find open office a lot slower than office though. I also like to create a lot of macros which is not very friendly in OO. I wonder how the possible IBM/Sun merger might affect this too. IBM seems to have a knack for destroying good ideas. I would like to see OO do something like Google Docs where you can share your documents over the web. This would really give them a leg up on MS.
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