I've found the Open Office converts M$ files as well or better
then Star Office 5.2, I really haven't tried Star Office 6.0. But
anyone who needs to deal with M$ documents, especially corporate
docs with a bunch of formatting will have problems.
In those cases I use Codeweavers CrossOver office.
Carson R. Wilcox
Senior Systems Architect
Fujitsu Consulting
Tampa, FL
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Frank Roberts - SOTL <sotl155360@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:08:57 -0400
>On Thursday 25 July 2002 03:46, Bill wrote:
>> On Thursday 25 July 2002 00:42, you wrote:
>> > OK guys I know this maybe a dumb question but what is the
difference
>> > between Open Office and Star Office? Aren't both by Sun?
>> >
>> > What would you recommend out of Star, Open, or KOffice?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > -Jason
>>
>> Both by Sun, both share a common code base. Star includes some
licensed
>> proprietary code that can not be GPL'd because Sun doesn't own
it.
>>
>> I use Open Office simply because there was a big gap between
the close of
>> the beta program for Star and the time it was available for
sale ... and
>> their license extensions on the beta did not stretch far
enough. Open
>> Office does all I need it to do ... and probably all 90% of
people would
>> need. It has a couple of minor quirks and could run a tad
faster ... but
>> that is true for every suite I have ever encountered.
>>
>> It has been a long time since I looked at another product so I
don't think
>> my observations on Koffice would hold much water anyway.
>
>Best to look at this from a users point of view.
>
>Open Office is great if you only use it in your box and you do
not have to
>send files to and receive files from a MS box.
>
>If you have to interact with an MS box then you should strongly
consider
>acquiring Star Office as Open Office's translator for MS Office
does not
>function correctly most of the time.
>
>Frank
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