OpenOffice Is 10 Years Behind MS Office? Thats Fine!

Published: Mar 8, 2006
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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In an interview with Australian online technology newspaper IT Wire, Alan Yates, general manager of business strategy for Microsofts information worker group, said OpenOffice.org is about where MS Office was 10 years ago.

That is to say, Microsoft seems to think OpenOffice.org is only good for single-desktop users.

And, thats a problem because…?

I dont get it.

I use OO.o (OpenOffice.org) 2 every day. It works. It has all the features I need.

Its fast. Its reliable. I can send files from it via e-mail directly from my application. Its also secure, unlike Office.

/zimages/5/28571.gifClick hereto read more about the latest iteration of OpenOffice, Version 2.01.

And, its file format can also be read now and forever after by any program that uses the ODF (Open Document Format).

Oh, and did I mention that OO.o doesnt cost a penny, while Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 lists for $499?

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OK, I give up, whats the problem with OO.o again?

Lets get real for a minute. There has not been a significant upgrade in Office suite functionality, from anyone, since, oh, Office 97.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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