| OpenOffice.org -- the people's StarOffice [ZDNet] |
May 17, 2002
Todd Volz takes a look at the freely available OpenOffice.org 1.0 in this article for ZDNet. While StarOffice is based on this open source project, Sun offers commercial and third party enhancements in their retail version. Volz takes a look at the differences between the two office suites and describes the mission of the project . . .
" . . . OpenOffice.org isn't just a piece of software, it's a collection of more than 20 concurrent projects, including APIs, database development, UI enhancements, and so on. The OpenOffice.org source code--which serves as the basis for StarOffice 6.0--reflects the many changes to the suite since version 5.2: The unpopular integrated desktop has been ditched, as have the e-mail, calendar and browser; the word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps have been componentized; Microsoft Office filters have been improved; and the suite has moved to XML-based file formats. (You can download OpenOffice.org here) . . . "
" . . . components missing from OpenOffice.org include fonts (especially Asian languages), the StarOffice database Adabas D, templates, the clip art gallery, and certain file filters . . . "
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