| StarOffice is worth at least $50 more than OpenOffice [Newsforge] |
Mar. 25, 2002
Robin "Roblimo" Miller reviews the differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice. Miller concludes . . .
"The biggest difference between the two is format support. OpenOffice does a fine job with .doc, .ppt, .xls, and .rtf files. StarOffice adds support for dBase and databases in general, which OpenOffice does not have. If you work with simple databases in an office setting -- that is, with databases on the level of something like MS Access -- this feature alone is going to make you prefer StarOffice over OpenOffice."
"There are enough thrifty corporate managers out there whose workers are capable of switching from MS Office to StarOffice with little or no training to make a viable market for this office suite. It may never be as large a market as Microsoft has developed for its similar product, but you never know. If Sun can keep StarOffice prices down while steadily improving its functionality and the number of features it offers, in a few years it might give Microsoft Office some serious competition in the commercial desktop software marketplace."
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