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Sun to Offer Support for OpenOffice.org
An anonymous reader writes "NewsForge.com [ed. note: Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN] is reporting that Sun announced today they will offer both free and for-pay support for OpenOffice.org. The story says the cost will be about the same as that it is charging for StarOffice, the proprietary cousin of OO.org."
This is good because now Open Office will compete with Microsoft Office on *every* level.
Are you saying that MS Office also provides free tech support? Even to those who haven't paid for MS products? If so, there should be more people taking advantage of this.
Re:Just by star then?
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You need support for an office suite because people undoubtedly will call and ask "Where is that paper-clip thingy? I need some help from it."
Sad but true.
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That's funny, because always wanted to call Microsoft and ask them "how the hell do I get rid of the damn paperclip?" :)
"Are you saying that MS Office also provides free tech support?" Yeah that stupid paper clip guy doesn't cost anything at all.
I always laugh when Microsoft issues a end of life/end of support statement - I can never tell the difference between their support and their lack of support.
Oh yeah, the time i spent trying to figure out how to disable him was priceless.
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
No, it's because if you can't figure out OO.org by yourself (click the disk to save!!!), you're not going to be using usenet. Even I stick mostly to mailinglists and web-based forums (slashdot!), and I can do more with my computer than OO.org :D
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2.6.0-test12 You would think that someone from the future would have a faster computer. Or is time travel a new feature in test12 since I would upgrade for it. but really I wish that trolls stop using stats like that and non excistent kernels for a computer and at least try to make it believable.
Sun already offers support for all life on earth.
This is good because now Open Office will compete with Microsoft Office on *every* level.
I don't think anyone can reasonably compete with Microsoft when it comes to annoying office "assistants".
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this is where the honest money in the IT business should be made: Support, Support, Support.
Actually, this may be where Sun Support (SS) can make some dishonest money off of New OO Users (NOOU).
NOOU: Hi, I'm having trouble with this Open Office thing.
SS: Oh? What exactly is the problem?
NOOU: Well, in the spreadsheet program I can't figure out how to copy the contents of one cell down to several cells below it, short of copy and paste.
SS: Have you looked through all the menus?
NOOU: Yes.
SS: And you cannot find an answer anywhere?
NOOU: No. That's why I called you.
SS: (Aha, now I have him). Well, unfortunately Open Office doesn't have that feature (as far as you know, noob), but Sun's Star Office does, along with several other features that Open Office lacks. And you can order your copy of Star Office for only $79.95.