| StarOffice's plan to rival Microsoft falls flat on compatibility, ease [WSJ] |
May 17, 2002
In his column for the Wall Street Journal, Walter S. Mossberg reviews StarOffice. Mossberg recommends StarOffice for 'light-duty work' and 'tight budgets', finding it 'harder to use' and 'less intuitive' than Microsoft Office. Mossberg relates his experience . . .
" . . . for consumers and small businesses, Sun's licensing policies for StarOffice are much saner than Microsoft's. You can install the office suite on five PCs, versus just two for Microsoft Office. And there's no annoying, intrusive 'activation' process."
"But how good is StarOffice? I tested it on two main points: compatibility with Microsoft Office files and ease of use . . . "
" . . . As for ease of use, the StarOffice interface is OK. There are customizable toolbars at both the top and side of the screen, and floating windows to help you navigate a long document or apply formatting styles. There's even a nice feature Word lacks that allows the program to automatically complete words you've used before . . . "
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