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Neither do we buy advertising space in magazines which are about to review or which have reviewed OpenOffice.org. If reviewers say that OpenOffice.org is a great product, then that's their genuine, unbiased, uninfluenced opinion.</p> <h3>OOo 3.0 Reviews</h3> <ul> <!-- <li><a href=""></a> By <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <cite></cite></li> --> <li><a href= "http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10064886-12.html";>OpenOffice 3: Faster, uninspired interface</a> Posted by Seth Rosenblatt, October 13, 2008 4:59 PM PDT <span style="font-weight: bold;">CNET Download</span> <cite>After using OpenOffice's MS Word analog, Writer, all day, I can confirm that this update is worth it for the improvement in response and load times, if nothing else. The installation is still enormous, with an installer about 130MB for Windows users and 160MB for Mac, but the installation process is smoother. From start to finish, it clocked in at around 5 minutes, significantly faster than installing OpenOffice 2. People who use OpenOffice as their primary productivity suite should take advantage of the OpenOffice Quickstarter, which noticeably accelerates program launch times and has been made even faster in version 3.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=751&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0";> The LXF Test: OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> Monday, October 13, 2008 - 11:59 AM - Posted by M-Saunders <span style="font-weight: bold;">Linux Format</span> <cite>Overall, does OpenOffice.org 3.0 provide a step forward? Yes, with extra features and some performance improvements at startup, although in use it still feels sluggish and clunky in places. Does it justify the jump in major version number? We're not convinced, but the 2.x series has been around for a while and this release does present a fresh face, and more scope for extensions with the internal changes. On balance, the new OpenOffice.org release is a step forward, and if they can speed it up a bit for 3.1 we'll be more than happy.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.examiner.com/x-529-SF-Technology-Examiner~y2008m10d12-Treat-yourself-to-a-suite-alternative-OpenOfficeorg-30";> Treat yourself to a suite alternative: OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> October 12, 1:30 PM by Jason Brooks <span style="font-weight: bold;">S.F. Technology Examiner</span> <cite>OpenOffice.org 3.0 is a great suite of office productivity applications (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation & database) that's very similar to Microsoft Office in function, and very different in price. Where pricing for Microsoft Office 2007 starts around $100, you can download and use OpenOffice.org 3.0 for free.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?newsid=23130&pagtype=al";> OpenOffice 3.0 is available now</a> Monday, 13 October 2008 Jonny Evans <span style="font-weight: bold;">Macworld</span> <cite>Microsoft faces serious challenge as well-featured free productivity software ships. After three years development OpenOffice.org has introduced OpenOffice 3.0, the most advanced version yet of its completely free Microsoft Office competitor</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/12/openoffice";>OpenOffice 3.0 is out</a> Sunday, 12 October 2008, 12:58 PM By Charlie Demerjian <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Inquirer</span> <cite>Overall, OpenOffice 3.0 seems like a great step forward, and for the low low price of free, how can you complain? Grab a copy and have at thee, it is everything you could need in an office pack without the $500 price tag, ever-changing UI, and forced file formats that people don't want.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/OpenOffice-org-3-0-Reviewed--/features/111708";> OpenOffice.org 3.0 Reviewed</a> 13 October 2008, 10:32 Dj Walker-Morgan <span style="font-weight: bold;">Heise Open Source UK</span> <cite>OpenOffice.org is ... a reasonably competent office productivity suite for a large number of users and the various extensions, including the new Import PDF Extension for 3.0, mean it can be, at least, sufficient for many tasks.</cite></li> </ul> <h3>OOo 3.0 Pre-Release Reviews</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOfficeorg-Grows-Up/";>OpenOffice.org Grows Up</a> By Jason Brooks, 2008-10-02 <span style= "font-weight: bold;">eWeek.com</span> <cite>Nine years after Sun Microsystems bought StarOffice, the resulting OpenOffice.org project is ready to roll out its 3.0 release. Enhanced format compatibility and features put it on par with Microsoft Office.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20081013/edit01.shtml";>OpenOffice 3: a preview</a> by Prashant Rao <span style="font-weight: bold;">Express India</span> <cite>OpenOffice is free, and for organizations that want to stay legal and yet provide an office suite to all their workers. it is an excellent solution. A mixed environment with power users on Office 2007 and the rest on OpenOffice works well, as some of Indiaâs biggest banks and BPO outfits have found out to their advantage.</cite></li> </ul> <h3>OOo 2 Reviews</h3> <p><strong>PC Pro Magazine</strong> delivers its verdict on Version 2: <cite>Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price.</cite><br> OpenOffice.org 2 earns <img src="pix/6stars.gif" alt="six stars" border="0" height="10" width="69"> in <a href= "http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/80012/openoffice-2.html";>Issue 135, Jan 06</a>. The magazine's reviewer concludes: <cite>OpenOffice certainly doesn't lack features compared to the market leader, and most of its ease-of-use issues stem from people's familiarity with Microsoft Office rather than an inherent problem with the program itself. As such, you should certainly try OpenOffice's offering before donating another UKP100 or more to Microsoft's coffers. After all, it's free.</cite></p> <h3>OOo 2 Reviews</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2224467,00.asp";>OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses</a> By Tiffany Maleshefski, November 28, 2007 <span style= "font-weight: bold;">eWeek.com</span> <cite>Review: OpenOffice.org 2.3 sports a nifty set of feature improvements, but the suite's sweetest features remain its low cost (free) and its strikingly broad platform support.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://media.www.thetowerlight.com/media/storage/paper957/news/2007/10/22/Life/Tyler.Tech.OpenSource.A.Software.Alternative-3045983.shtml";> Open-source a software alternative</a> Krysten Appelbaum, 10/21/07 <span style="font-weight: bold;">College Publisher Network</span> <cite>OpenOffice.org is, as the name would suggest, a full open-source suite of office programs. Every program a student ever needs is in here, from a writing program to a presentation creator similar to PowerPoint.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/9607908?f=msdynamics";>Spreadsheets Are Free</a> John Edwards, August 02, 2007 <span style= "font-weight: bold;">CFO.com</span> <cite>Liberated from license fees, Calc can be downloaded and installed on as many PCs as you please.</cite></li> <li><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07209/805072-96.stm";>Users' Guide: A free Office alternative? Sweet</a> By Etan Horowitz, Saturday, July 28, 2007 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Orlando Sentinel</span> <cite>I was able to do virtually everything I could do in Office, such as create pivot tables from spreadsheets and add animations to slides. If you want free software that operates the most like Microsoft Office, this is it.</cite></li> <li><a href="http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s489.htm";>OpenOffice.org 2.2 outstanding free office suite</a> (29/06/2007) <span style= "font-weight: bold;">IT Reviews Recommended</span> <cite>We can't stress enough how impressive this is for a freebie suite. Both Writer and Calc in particular perform admirably compared to full-priced rivals, and Impress and Base are right up there in terms of power and usability.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2146421,00.asp";>OpenOffice Sports All-Around Improvements</a> By Tiffany Maleshefski June 13, 2007, <span style="font-weight: bold;">eWeek.com</span> <cite>IT managers looking for alternatives to Microsoft Officeâparticularly those unwilling to make the leap to Office 2007âwill find OpenOffice.org 2.2 well worth evaluating because, as the suite offers a good solution for cutting software costs while expanding platform options and minimizing compatibility issues.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/561182.html";>OpenOffice free office software suite</a> By Andrew D. Wright Monday February 26, 2007, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The ChronicleHerald</span> <cite>OpenOffice.org is a completely free Open Source office software suite that not only can read and write to the various commercial office software file formats, but also writes to the now-standard OpenDocument format.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=1&autono=92233&tab=r";> Another office</a> By Leslie D'Monte May 24, 2006, <span style= "font-weight: bold;">Business Standard</span> <cite>This Office Suite can give established players a run for their money ... anyone who wants a feature-rich but free office suite should give this option a try.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/index.php/taxid;1730094674;pid;1587;pt;1#cb";> OpenOffice 2.0</a> By James Dickinson Saturday, 1st of April, 2006 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Good Gear Guide</span> <cite>Not only is it completely free, it's very useful - an entire suite of programs a la Microsoft Office. Cynics might argue that there's no such thing as a free lunch, but in this case OpenOffice.org 2.0 bucks the trend and emerges as a viable alternative to Bill Gates' product.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=271";>Microsoft Works Suite 2006</a> Software Review, February 21, 2006 <strong>PC Advisor</strong> <cite>Home users, small businesses and educational facilities on super-tight budgets are now regarding OpenOffice.org as a valid alternative to the dominance of Microsoft's mighty Office Suites.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1140084398219190.xml&coll=1";> Free Office software subs well for costly version</a> By Al Fasoldt Sunday, February 19, 2006 <strong>Syracuse Post Standard</strong> <cite>I've been using a free alternative to Office for many years, through a number of revisions. The latest version, called OpenOffice, is exceptional in some ways. Considering the price, it's downright outstanding</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/BUSINESS0103/602190331/1001/BUSINESS";> Open Office a lot like Microsoft product - and free</a> By Nick Francesco - February 19, 2006 <strong>Rochester Democrat and Chronicle</strong> <cite>Open Office (or, as they prefer, OpenOffice.org) is a complete office suite, much like the more familiar Microsoft Office. For those of you who are familiar with Microsoft Office, you'll feel right at home with OpenOffice.org ... Give OpenOffice.org a try. It's free and you can have it loaded on the same computer at the same time as Microsoft Office.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf";>The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features [PDF, 1336 kB]</a> By Michael Bona Issue 63: February 2006 <strong>Linux Magazine</strong> <cite>All in all, the developers have done a great job with OpenOffice 2.0. This office package can do everything better than its predecessor, just like you would expect of any healthy five-year-old.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1876087,00.asp";>OpenOffice.org 2.0 Has Edge over Its StarOffice 8 Cousin</a> By Jason Brooks October 21, 2005 <strong>eWeek.com</strong> <cite>eWEEK Labs' tests of OpenOffice.org 2.0 show that it is an excellent office productivity suite option, particularly in the case of Linux distributions, which typically come bundled with a well-integrated version of the suite.</cite></li> <li><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1874157,00.asp";>Why OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Your Best Choice</a> By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols October 20, 2005 <strong>eWeek.com</strong> <cite>OpenOffice.org's price tag: 0. Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003's list price: $499 new, $329 as an upgrade. Day in and day out office usability? For all practical purposes, they're about the same. So, which would you rather 'buy?'</cite></li> </ul> <h3>OOo 2.0 previews</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=2742&pubid=3&issueid=66";> Migrating to OpenOffice.org 90 per cent cheaper than to Microsoft Office 12</a> Vol. 11 Issue 23 | 23 September - 6 October 2005 <strong>Computer World</strong> <cite>The industry's two major office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, will soon be releasing new versions. Recent research into these versions by large government departments indicates that for many sites, it is now 10 times cheaper to migrate to the new OpenOffice.org 2.0 than upgrading to Microsoft Office 12.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy22.html";>OpenOffice is great alternative to Microsoft</a> by Andy Ihnatko, September 22, 2005 <strong>Chicago Sun-Times</strong> <cite>...you won't use it because you hate Microsoft or because you don't like tying your whole office's (or your government's) ability to function to the proprietary whims of one single company. Maybe you won't even use it just because it'll cost you $0 to Microsoft Office's $365. You'll use it because OpenOffice 2.0 is an attractive and compelling suite of office apps in its own right.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1851001,00.asp";>Openoffice.org</a> 09.06.05 <strong>PCMag.com</strong> <cite>Unlike the slow, clunky original version, version 2.0 of this free productivity suite is surprisingly slick and highly compatible with Microsoft Office file formats. It even offers features not found in its expensive Microsoft counterpart.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://www.vnunet.com/personal-computer-world/software/2140229/openoffice-org";> Openoffice.org 2 - a new, improved version that gives Microsoft a run for its money</a> By Cliff Joseph, 22 Jul 2005 <strong>Personal Computer World</strong> <cite>...there's no doubt version 2 is more than powerful enough for most home and business users and can certainly give Microsoft a run for its money, especially since it's free.</cite></li> <li><a href= "http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1c5e53b8-b205-11d9-8c61-00000e2511c8.html";>Open source moves into Microsoft's Office block</a> By Simon London Published: April 21 2005 03:00 <strong>Financial Times</strong> <cite>The latest incarnation of OpenOffice was last month released for testing by users. Early reviews say it marks a big advance over earlier versions of the free word processing, spreadsheet and presentation package.</cite></li> <li><a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/117952/";>Looking forward to OpenOffice.org 2.0</a> Joe Brockmeier, 5 Jan 2003, <strong>Linux Weekly News</strong> <cite>From a test of the 1.9.65 build, it's pretty clear that the OpenOffice.org project has a way to go before it's finished. However, this release does provide a pretty good overview of what to expect, and it does look like 2.0 will be a formidable suite when finished.</cite></li> </ul> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
