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OpenOffice Vs. Google Apps

Posted by timothy on from the google-apps-works-pretty-well-for-me dept.

jammag writes "Both OpenOffice and Google Apps are free, so the choice is purely down to which is better. Bruce Byfield, after looking at both, concluded, 'comparing Google Apps to OpenOffice.org is like clubbing a staked-out bunny — Google Apps is so far behind that the whole exercise seems like an exercise in pointless cruelty.' Ouch, that hurts."

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  1. Sounds familar.... by Smidge207 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...like clubbing a staked-out bunny...

    Reminds me of the hideous section from Stephen King's 'The Dark Half' where he [King]recounts the sadistic sexual farmer who shoots his [the farmer's] horse while he [the farmer] masturbates to orgasm.

    (Posting as AC for obviuos reasons...)

    =Smidge=

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  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    google sucks

  3. While on the subject by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Speaking of collaborative tools, anyone know of a good, free shared white board? I was searching for such an animal recently, and the results were disappointing, to say the least. There were only a couple of players, and the functionality was pretty bad.

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    Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
  4. "Powerpoint" by CannonballHead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm happy, generally, with open office, with the exception of Impress. I am NOT happy with Impress. It's very slow (and I'm running on some pretty fast computers), even slide transitions get bogged down. It is not at all on par with Powerpoint.