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An Early Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0
ahziem writes "With the final release 167 days away and an alpha version available, it's time to look at OpenOffice.org 3.0's new features: view multiple pages in Writer, notes in the margin, Microsoft Office 2007 file format support, Solver in Calc, new visual theme in Calc, native tables in Impress, more columns in Calc, error bars in charts, performance improvements, real native Aqua Mac support, and more."
Well, since I've got office 2007 already, why would I switch?
I've use openoffice before, and it is good because it is free and has all the functionality I need, but so does wordpad (it does!) and I've already got a copy of office 2007.
The major benefit I see is the competition - competition is always good for the consumer - but considering the widespread use (and support) of ms office, I don't really see ANY compelling reasons to switch. I'm sure someone will say "Don't support MS" - sure, good argument - but I'm I'm looking for reasons to leave office07 - I've already got it installed, and don't have problems with it.
I guess the real question is "How does this make me more productive?"
Why would the change it? I thought everything looks pretty on a mac - irregardless of functionality - thats how apple sells products, isn't it?
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Functionality AFTER Aestetics!
Just look at the mac-air. It sure is pretty
So, what is the advantage of OO.o - not linux?
(Yes yes, I get it. You love linux, thanks for sharing. Can you stick to the topic at hand and stop whoring your favorite OS. Besides, Ubuntu? c'mon, be a man and use gentoo)
As long as it runs on java, its not a real threat to Microsoft.
You can't get there from here.