Some lists exist: http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/faqs/technical.jsp#q_13 http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/mostfaqs.html#6
Malte. William W. Austin wrote, On 04/25/07 21:22: > On 2007-04-25 12:47:46, J. David Boyd wrote: >> Since Sun is currently selling StarOffice 8.0 for 50% off until May 7, >> I'm tempted to buy a copy. >> >> I've scanned their web site, and searched Google, but I can't get a >> definitive list of the differences between StarOffice 8.0 and >> OpenOffice.org 2.2. >> >> Does such a list exist? > > Sorry, but I have no idea. > >> Does anyone know if the functionality of StarOffice is that much >> greater >> than OpenOffice.org? > > I have both installed on the machine on which I am writing this. On my > system they are both in /opt (this is linux but it would look about the > same under any unixlike system. On windows, I don't know & won't guess. > > The two "install" install directories (here) are > OOo /u/opt/openoffice2.2 > so /u/opt/staroffice8 > (your locations could differ). > Under each of these 2 directories there is a directory /share/gallery > which differs significantly between the two releases. There are many > more files under the SO directory than the OOo directory. > > Size is a good indicator here - under so8, that directory contains > 51,240 Kb of files while under OOo it has only about 7,600 Kb. > > I have tried to keep the patchlevel of so8 up to date, but overall I > find myself using OOo rather than so most of the time just because (a) > the new features/patches are available sooner, and - warning ... this > could be purely subjective - OOo seems to run a tad faster. > > The big difference is .... (have to think about this one) ... well > except for what I have listed above, I cannot think of much to say here > (OK, different logo's, but the same product). > > <soapbox> > <!-- disclaimer: turn bs filter on or skip ... it's up to you --> > I would still recommend buying the copy of so8, however. IMHO this > eventually (nanoscopically) helps Sun, and Sun is the company which > opensourced staroffice, creating OOo in the first place. In the > marketplace, I can only vote with my wallet. I don't use or buy MS > products _or_ encourage anyone else to do so. I use linux (fedora 6 on > this machine) and I encourage others to do the same. And I help many > of them through the transition). I would consider the $50 cost of SO8 > to be a "contribution to a worthwhile company" and let it go at that - > whether I installed so8 or not. (But you would pick up some > interesting graphics stuff if you did.) Just my $0.02 worth. > </soapbox> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
