| The Office Suite That Lets You See Past Redmond [Washington Post] |
May 13, 2002
In his column at Washington Post Online, Ron Pegoraro suggests Microsoft may want to keep an eye on OpenOffice . . .
" . . . two Wednesdays ago, OpenOffice.org 1.0 arrived, and Microsoft Office's long winning streak may finally screech to a halt. OpenOffice is what many computer users have been waiting and wishing for: It's free, open-source, Office-compatible and cross-platform . . . "
"After using the Windows version of OpenOffice for the past week and a half, I can attest that it either matches or beats Microsoft Office in features and ease of use, at the cost of slower performance on older computers and the occasional slight garbling of complicated Microsoft Office documents. It's hardly perfect, but somebody in Redmond ought to be worried about this program . . . "
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