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Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looks-like-a-handy-checklist-to-me dept.

sander writes "As noted on linxfr.org, Microsoft has published a competitive guide on OpenOffice.org 1.1 vs Microsoft Office. Some of the weirder things they claim in it is that by choosing MS Office over OpenOffice.org one is protected from the threat of viruses. But the giant seems to be sweating -- and with a good reason."

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  1. MS Office versus OOo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here's a reason, because MS Office is integrated well with Windows. Open Office isn't. If you are using Ximian products then Open Office would be the correct choice. Perhaps they should say if you use Windows use MS Office, if you use Linux use Open Office. OOo should focus on the Linux desktop integration and forget about Windows compatibility. Migrating everyone to a Linux desktop is part of the Linux Jihad isn't it?

  2. Tried them both by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And find Open Office to be decent, but a far cry from being useful. It was clunky for anything beyond basic usage, which I expect is what the /. crowd thinks is most important. It was a pain in the ass just to take notes with, though and was soon ditched with little care. Bullets were a hassle, advanced formats were a nightmare, even saving files was annoying. Pass this crud on by, it is just not worth the acclaim everyone is giving it. Still tripe when in actual use.

  3. Re:my reason by xangsta · · Score: 1, Troll

    so i guess you'd fall under the "i need retraining" category

    n00b

  4. scouring the web? by Mystical+Presence · · Score: 0, Troll
    if bugs go unresolved,users have the option to resolve problems by scouring through numerous community sites and chat rooms. www.openoffice.org
    Have you ever tried to search M$'s site. I've had better luck finding solutions on sites writen in other lanquages then using M$'s "technet".
  5. Intercompatibility? by OleManRiver · · Score: 0, Troll

    DISCLAIMER: I've never used OpenOffice - my job is completely win32 based - so i don't know if you can open MSOffice docs with it. I have spent a little bit of time with StarOffice and KWord (sp?).

    I'd say that OO will never be a serious threat to MSO until it can open, edit and save an MSO file. Otherwise theres just too many users of MSO out there for anyone to bother changing. Why would you cripple yourself like that?

    I'm sure that the folks at MS are smart enough to know this as well, so will be protecting the file format as much as possible.

  6. Speling by blunte · · Score: 0, Troll

    What strikes me is that these drones can't even use a spell checker....

    "OpenOffice does not have a dedicated development or support rteam."

    Chuckle.

    --
    .sigs are for post^Hers.
  7. Re:Fallacies?? by TheChucklesStart · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know where you go to get MS Office, but I got my version (MS Office 2003 Pro) from the MS website for $20 (American).

    I take girls on dates for about that much, I can't really see how it is expensive.