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eWeek: Office 2003 vs. OpenOffice.Org
Apr 26, 2004, 16 :00 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (13791 reads)

(Other stories by Jason Brooks)

[ Thanks to sjvn for this link. ]

"In recent years, open-source alternatives to Office have matured to the point where IT managers are beginning to investigate the viability of moving from the Microsoft Corp. suite to a license-free alternative. So when eWEEK Corporate Partner Ed Benincasa shared his desire to perform a user-based comparison between the OpenOffice.org project's OpenOffice.org suite and Microsoft's Office 2003, we saw a perfect opportunity to compare the suites under real-world conditions..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
with this article is that they say they  ...   my only problem...   
Beastfro
Apr 26, 2004, 17:03:14
 
Those people who stated that complex exc ...   Business Reality & TCO   
Nicholas Donovan
Apr 26, 2004, 17:03:55
 
As with most reviews, not a lot of diffe ...   not much new   
Harlan Grove
Apr 26, 2004, 17:06:22
 
I was very pleased with this comparison. ...   Excellent Comparison   
Daniel Carrera
Apr 26, 2004, 17:20:41
 
Gnumeric is a better option especially i ...   Re: not much new   
Fred
Apr 26, 2004, 17:23:09
 
 with this article is that they say they ...   Re: my only problem...   
Daniel Carrera
Apr 26, 2004, 17:25:08
 
Daniel,As a contributor to OpenOffice.or ...   Re: Re: my only problem...   
Beastfro
Apr 26, 2004, 18:06:07
 
Lack of traditional support Office suite ...   Traditional Support   
horne
Apr 26, 2004, 18:14:50
 
I have been using open office for three  ...   3 month user   
stew
Apr 26, 2004, 18:20:49
 
> I find this information very valuable, ...   Re: Re: my only problem...   
MartinV
Apr 26, 2004, 18:45:09
 
Reality is most businesses currently in  ...   Re: my only problem...   
Harlan Grove
Apr 26, 2004, 18:46:17
 
This article describes a real-world test ...   Even balance, but little meat   
Joe User
Apr 26, 2004, 19:35:22
 
> In fact you could call the real cost o ...   Re: Business Reality & TCO   
Tony OBryan
Apr 26, 2004, 20:03:06
 
Hi,It's true that Gnumeric is much b ...   Re: not much new   
Mark S
Apr 26, 2004, 20:04:24
 
> If you require traditional product sup ...   Re: Traditional Support   
Tony OBryan
Apr 26, 2004, 20:06:00
 
> I have been using open office for thre ...   Re: 3 month user   
Tony OBryan
Apr 26, 2004, 20:09:20
 
"The testers who worked with Office 2003 ...   new and improved?   
michael
Apr 26, 2004, 22:29:42
 
As A Linux user and advocate for some ye ...   Eating one's dogfood...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Apr 27, 2004, 02:07:34
 
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