Slashdot Mirror
Word 2007 Vs. Open Office 2.3 Writer
hairyfeet writes "Bruce Byfield of Linux.com has just posted his third Office shootout between Microsoft Office and Open Office. This is the first version comparing the new Microsoft Word 2007 with Writer from the latest version of Open Office. The verdict: while Microsoft Office beats Open Office in a few categories, overall Open Office wins — but by not as large a margin as in the past." Linux.com and Slashdot share a corporate overlord.
So how about price vs. performance
Hmm, I seem to keep getting an overflow error.
Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
Ben Hocking
Need a professional organizer?
Maby
You were suppose to multiple by the number of users with the price. So for Word, it may be 100 * 200 = 20,000, while OO would 100 * 0 = 0.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I've been interested in this and conducted my own tests. You can definitely type faster in Word2007 whatever the OO people say. All those millions spent in development go somewhere you know.
spoonerize "magic trackpad"
Wow.. almost as in depth as the original comparison.
I'm just hoping that the version of Office XP I bought in college will install on a new laptop. I no longer have the computer it use to run on, I assume it'll be just a matter of transferring the license from that old broken laptop to a newer one.
Oh, so s/\$(\w+)/$b[$i]{$1}/ge; isn't good enough?
Kids these days...
sic transit gloria mundi
well duh, when was the last time that a sensible discussion of the different features and the pros and cons of two pieces of software, objectively weighing up the advantages of each in an unbiased manner was entertaining? ummm never. Now, when the last time a flame war was entertaining? Every time, that's when, and on that note I declare you a big fat monkey who knows nothing about anything, plus you smell like steve balmers armpit after a vigourous chair throwing session
P.S. It's spelt M$.
*Rolls in gasoline and pours powdered magnesium into hair*
*Puts bottle rockets in mouth*
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
* Ignites bottle rockets *
* takes a few steps back *
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Let's be serious, would you show up to a Linux user party?
Just be sure that if you test your mailmerge DB, and you fill $DONOR with "Rich Bastard", you don't let that go to production.
--Rob
Towards the Singularity.
Unless of course, there is Richard Bastard on your client/donor list.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.