Microsoft: OpenOffice better than Google Apps

elorm9 - 390 days 2 hours ago

Just that it's really hard for me to understand how to use all the features. Word 2007 seems to be more user friendly

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gw4k - 390 days 6 hours ago

Microsoft's products may make people mad and the way that MS operates may piss them off as well, but Microsoft's products have made my life a heck of a lot better!

I use Windows every single day and for the most part, it is a pleasant experience. I use Outlook, Office and much more...every single day.

If it wasn't for MS, my life working on the computer would be much different. It would be almost impossible on a Mac but can be done on Linux, just not as quickly.!

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pansenbaer - 390 days 6 hours ago

For every product Microsoft puts out for an insane amount of money, there is one for free that works just as good. People just don't know about them or they are afraid to change. I mean, it is hard to avoid Windows unless you are a computer nerd (i.e. building your own computer and running linux) but as far as productivity applications, there is always something either free or better out there. Thunderbird for Outlook, Firefox for Internet Explorer, OpenOffice for MS Office, etc. The only reason they make your life easier is because you have used them for so long and perhaps the company you work for is stuck using Microsoft products.

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Darkseider - 390 days 6 hours ago

I haven't used a Microsoft product or operating system for nearly 17 years and have not had any problems doing anything. Unix/Linux/VMS have pretty much been where I resided since I started using computers. I have yet to see a MS product make anyones life easier. Spyware, viruses, etc... ripping them apart. The need to run multiple products to protect yourself from threats and in doing so losing out on a lot of system resources. It is ridiculous.

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superaktieboy - 390 days 5 hours ago

what apps? apps like viruses, which is much less on other OS's? seriously.. as pansenbaer said, for every MS app.. there is a free version that works just as good, if not better, out there.. and if it wasn't for Microsoft, many things on the internet would be free, piracy would be MUCH less etc etc.. but i guess we can't blame MS.. they are just another (very rich) company that try to squeeze their customers out of money.. can't do much about it..

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gw4k - 390 days 5 hours ago

Trust me, I know computers. I have run all major OS's at one time or another. I build computers on a day to day basis. I built a hackntosh not long ago. I write script under Linux and all that fun stuff. Have you ever used Thunderbird? If you have, then you know it is nowhere even close to Outlook.

My web development software (while not a MS product) is only possible on a MS OS (or should I say, only developed on and no other program has come close to it)!

Openoffice? Sure it works and it works pretty darn good! I give it that. But for my needs it is not a fluid or as seamless as Office by MS. Office integrates so many features into one package and it works effortlessly.

While sure, if you want to go looking for a free product that is comparable to MS's products you are liable to find something. For me, I use the best of everything and I won't except anything but the best!

Yeah, you do have a point, MS's OS's have tons of viruses, that is because they are the most used os...and there are tons of holes, I admit that. If you want to game, photo edit, video edit, etc, you go with a MS product, one way or another. This is coming from a expert on the matter!

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pansenbaer - 390 days 5 hours ago

How is Thunderbird 'not even close' to Outlook? I do use it and I love it. I don't need anything more from it and its free! And can any Office Product convert any document you throw at it into a PDF? Unless the newer versions can do that, the answer is no. Another feature of OpenOffice which you state is lacking. Obviously the choice is the consumers and if they are happy to give away their money to Microsoft, then I guess I will have pity on them...

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RadientFlux - 390 days 4 hours ago

while I can't comment Darkseider's post as I have him blocked and don't care enough to click on show.

My comments are for gw4k. While haven't used google's web based apps yet so I can't comment on them. I am pretty happy with MS Office, I've never had it crash on me and for the most part the spam filter works.

What some people don't understand is for certain professions it doesn't really make sense to shift away from Microsoft products (at the moment). For example beside designing websites I've also created around 2 dozen PowerPoint presentations and e-mail templates and makes sense to use the most popular product to make sure everything is coded correctly.

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Statix - 390 days 4 hours ago

I downloaded OpenOffice the other day, when I couldn't get my old Microsoft Word XP disc to work with Vista. The programs I tried work pretty well so far; similar to Office. And the best part is it's free.

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pansenbaer - 390 days 6 hours ago

Why do they talk so bad? Lets take a look!

Microsoft Office Professional: $499.95 Standalone | $329.95 Upgrade
Includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Accounting, Publisher.

OpenOffice: 100% FREE
Includes Writer (Word), Impress (PowerPoint), Calc (Excel), Base (Access), Draw (Publisher)

So...wow I could pay 500 bucks to get what I can get for free elsewhere...and people thought the PS3 was expensive at launch...

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jamesrocks3147 - 390 days 6 hours ago

reliable''

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verb3k - 390 days ago

this means it will eat more of your memory.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 389 days 22 hours ago

I enjoy using MS Office but Ballmer really needs to stop trash talking. He has this hate on google, he already trash talked about the Android OS. It's like he's threaten by Google. Heck, Google Apps are exactly competing with MS Office. It's like a convenience if there is no MS Office around and I need to make a quick doc or spreadsheet.

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superaktieboy - 388 days 4 hours ago

Sun Microsystems create OpenOffice and Sun Microsystems have also created Java and designed it to be multiplatform.. its more convenient for them to create it in Java coz you would only need to create it once, and it will work on all devices that support Java (technically it would also work on a phone that supports Java)

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