StarOffice vs. OpenOffice

[Mark Street]

This sure is asking alot.....to run under 98,95,...and XP.  Forget it.

OpenOffice is a Star Office test bed.  THe 6.0 beta is quite powerful and
fairly stable with nice filters for M$ Office Word and Excel files.....
not 100% effective filters.... but hey M$ is a proprietary file format.

I have used SO since version 4, I run 5.2, and OpenOffice 6 on several
Linux servers now.

Take a look at KOffice the KDE Office Suite.  Which does NOT run under M$
Win.

The Gimp is the graphics package of choice.

Once you free yourself from closed standards and proprietary file formats
its easy.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, rick lybeck wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with these
> applications?  I'm looking for advice since I don't
> have time to try all the versions available.
> I need a competent word processing program and a
> spreadsheet.  Graphics, Presentation programs, etc.
> are of secondary interest.  The programs must operate
> under both Linux/Unix and Windows (98/95/XP).  Data
> compatability with MS Word and Works would be nice.
> StarOffice is available as versions 5.2 and 6.0 Beta,
> and OpenOffice is available as a variety of builds.
> Any recommendations or guidance would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Rick
>
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