Re: [SLUG] StarOffice vs OpenOffice.org

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Sun Mar 16 2003 - 16:57:43 EST


> Has anyone used both Sun StarOffice and
> OpenOffice.org? Are there major differences between
> them (besides StarOffice costs money?).
> I just found out that Sun has released StarOffice 6.1
> Beta 1 for free download. To be honest, I'm a software
> junkie. I have to at least try everything I can get my
> hands on. I'm curious if StarOffice offers any real
> advantage over the available free offerings

I've used both. The only functional differences (that I read about/noticed) are the Adabas database, which is proprietary and can't be included in OOo as far as I know, and some proprietary functionality in the printing system, about which I really don't know enough to be more specific.

Levi



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