StarOffice 8 May Be MS Office Killer 335
UltimaGuy wrote to mention an eWeek article that seemed topical, given the recent discussions about the OpenDocument format. They're running a piece discussing StarOffice 8's killer position as an alternative to Office. From the article: "However, whether StarOffice 8 can succeed as a wholesale or partial replacement for Microsoft Office will depend on the organization thinking about making the switch. Several improvements in StarOffice 8 are aimed directly at improving compatibility with Microsoft Office-formatted documents, but converting complex documents between the two suites' formats will in some cases require tweaking to preserve document appearance. In addition, while StarOffice 8 can be extended through macros and scripting, much like Microsoft Office can, these extensions won't migrate to Microsoft Office without being rewritten. However, StarOffice ships with a Macro Migration wizard that will aid in the migration of Microsoft Visual Basic macros to the StarOffice Basic macro language. There's also a Document Analysis wizard that helps determine where trouble spots might lie in the transition to a StarOffice format."
In the end (Score:5, Informative)
However Microsoft has already alluded that users of Office 12 may need to be retrained anyway, so SO8 and O12 may be on a fair playing field, and actually come down to quality of software, something Microsoft has been paying a lot more attention to recently.
Kill the I/O (Score:3, Informative)
Re:omg (Score:3, Informative)
Like those great failures, Yahoo and Google?
Re:Outlook replacement? (Score:3, Informative)
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The OpenOffice 2 Release Canidate 1 is out. (Score:3, Informative)
This is not my Sig.: Give me $.02 anyway, I want it.
Re:What is an MS Killer? (Score:3, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Roman_Em
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedon#Decline [wikipedia.org]
All great empires eventually crumble. Look at England, once the center of the civilized world. It just takes time. It's going to happen with Microsoft, just as it will one day happen with the United States.