Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
... or why Open Competition matters

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Montag Juni 13, 2005

"Give Office the push"
"Increasingly, there are alternatives. OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) has been around for years for Windows, Macs and Linux machines, but has always looked like a poor imitation of the real thing. Finally, Version 2.0 is about to appear — a beta version can be found in the download area on the website — and it ought to be giving someone at Microsoft nightmares.

OpenOffice.org now punches like a contender, with a word- processor, spreadsheet, drawing tool and database that, for most people, should do the trick. Elegant and simple, it can open and save common Office files, so you can view documents sent to you from people who stick with Microsoft. It is also absolutely free, and, increasingly, is bundled with versions of Linux that are attractive ways to revive ageing PCs."

The full article can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 10:46:06 AM CEST ) Permalink

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