[email protected] ha scritto:
I know nothing about Open Office.
I suggest you start by visiting www.openoffice.org
Is it really free?
Yes.
Does it compare to MS Office.
Yes. In some areas it's even superior (e.g. it has a standalone vector
drawing progam, Draw, which MS Office lacks, AFAIKT), but in some other
areas it's still behind (e.g. Base is not as powerful nor easy to use
like Access, IMHO).
Can they both be run on the same computer?
Yes, and the good part is it's platform independent. This means that if
you fire up a Linux live cd or even install it on your PC, you'll find
the same OpenOffice you have on Windows (differences between versions
are negligible if numbers are not too different).
Will it run on Windows 7?
Haven't tried myself but a quick search on google brought me to the
conclusion that some (solvable) issues can show up due to the "improved"
separation between user and administrator roles in windows 7.
Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim
Some points that come to mind right now:
- OOo document format is an ISO standard (ODF)
- ODF files are just zip archives, where text, binary data and format
metadata are clearly separated, thus you can get to your textual
information even with just 7zip and Notepad
- no license costs: download it for free, install it wherever you want,
any times you want. Legally.
- platform-independent: runs on almost any Windows version (starting
with Win2000, I belive), Macintosh, Linux (preinstalled on almost all
distros), etc.
- OOo itself can't go out of business; also, no company can forbid
access to previous versions of the OOo suite
- a new OOo release doesn't force you to upgrade
- doesn't pollute the system as MS Office does (IMHO, of course)
- etc.
HTH
Marcello Romani
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