Micro$oft office vs. OpenOffice

[UtwigMU]

I don't have anything against OO and IMO one could use it instead of MSO for less demanding users that don't do complex stuff.

However on a same computer OO feels slower than MSO.

[High_Jumbllama]

I've had people that wanted me to pirate Office for them on their brand new computer that they could have gotten a heck of discount on if they had bought Office with the machine. I refuse for obvious reasons and give them OpenOffice. They can't really complain then. And the wouldn't have used a tenth of the Office features anyway. If I feel the need for MS Software I just get the current Works Suite and including the current version of Word, Works and many other useful programs. Most people should use that anyway.

[Ribbit]

Originally posted by TnT
I used to use OO.org on my Celeron 466. Now that I have a faster processor I use Abiword and Gnumeric.

Given that OOo is much more resource-intensive than Abiword and Gnumeric, I thought that was a very strange thing to post.

[TnT]

Originally posted by Ribbit
Given that OOo is much more resource-intensive than Abiword and Gnumeric, I thought that was a very strange thing to post.

I know It just worked out that way. I still tell people to use OOo if they say they need an office suite.

[breezer]

I use OpenOffice at home which works fine for my needs.
At work I have Office XP, WordPerfect Office 11 and OpenOffice.

The only problem I have had with OO is that it doesn't properly create pdf files. I have to use Office XP and Acrobat to do this.

Out of the three I must say that the ms office product is best (if you include publisher and visio and exclude access which is an joke of a programming language.)

Breezer

[Kooldino]

I use OO because it takes up less space, it's free, and it installs in 30 seconds. If I did a lot of MS Office work, I may install MSO, but I don't really care to.

PS - Anyone ever notice that if you're not logged in, everyone's username is backwards? Especially TnT's.

[TnT]

Originally posted by Kooldino
I use OO because it takes up less space, it's free, and it installs in 30 seconds. If I did a lot of MS Office work, I may install MSO, but I don't really care to.

PS - Anyone ever notice that if you're not logged in, everyone's username is backwards? Especially TnT's.

I'm logged in right now and every name is backwards... maybe I should check The Lounge...

[Belwarrior]

Sasq and his itchy finger i suppose

[Belwarrior]

actually i posted to see how my username looks like

LOL Kooldino.. only TnT and a couple others are not affected.. maybe Sasq should do a script to jumble up the usernames..