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Thanks... It's just that I saw them selling StarOffice in PC World c.
£50, and wondered what it had now that OOo was out there. Thanks for
the link too....<br>
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Ian<br>
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Richard Cohen wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ian Baillie wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Apart from the fact that one is commercial and the other is open source,
what differences are there functionality or otherwise between Star
Office and OpenOfffice.org?
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/docs/SO_Comparison_OOo_2.1.pdf">http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/docs/SO_Comparison_OOo_2.1.pdf</a>
is the official answer..
To summarise:
One costs money, one doesn't
OO.org supports more languages currently
OO.org supports more platforms
Different spellchecker - SO is commercial
More templates/clipart/etc. in SO
More/better import filters in SO
More/better fonts in SO
Adabas Database stuff in SO
Better config/management tools in SO
SO comes with hard-copy manuals
SO is commercially-QAed
Commercial training for SO is available
Commercial and enterprise support for SO is available
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<pre wrap="">Ian
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Cheers
Richard
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