FreeLists / 1stpicksoftware / [1stPickSoftware] Re: OpenOffice

[Jeff Needle <jeff.needle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim, since StarOffice 6.0 (and thus OpenOffice) eliminated both the e-
mail/news, browser and PIM features, doesn't this hurt the product's 
chances of really succeeding?  Is it worth the download when you still have 
to use other software to do these every day tasks?

I used StarOffice for a while, but since I spend most of my day with e-mail, 
their terrible client was a problem.  I had great hopes for a better client 
with 
6.0.  But they've just dumped the whole idea.  I'm very disappointed.


5/2/02 1:30:55 PM, "Gadrow, Jim" <jgadrow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
>Another outstanding freebie is OpenOffice v1.0 released 5/1 at
>www.openoffice.org. This is the Open Source version of StarOffice v6.0,
>which is the only real competitor to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice and
>StarOffice both handle the same data formats as MS Office, but at a
>SUBSTANTIALLY reduced price of FREE - $50 or so compared to 
hundreds of
>$$'s.
>
>OpenOffice runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris. Filesize is 50-70 meg 
depending
>on version so be patient. You may wish to try a mirror site, as the servers
>has been bombarded with requests. (I got my best download from the 
mirror in
>Spain rather than NY)


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