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2008-10-19

8 Reasons Why OpenOffice 3.0 Could Be The Tipping Point Application

"Here are [...] reasons why OpenOffice is now ready to take on its main opponent, Microsoft Office in a race for hearts and minds."

(a) It is and will continue to be free.
(b) Openoffice is now better supported than ever
(c) Openoffice is multi platform with now native support for Macintosh users.
(d) Openoffice is faster than previous versions of the business suite.
(e) Openoffice boosts an impressive list of compatible formats including Office 2007 docx and OOXML format.
(f) Openoffice has a new smart centre which mimics very loosely, Microsoft own Works suite central dashboard
(g) Openoffice still have a few "native" cards that Microsoft has yet to catch up with.
(h) Openoffice has Sun Microsystems and IBM on its side.


http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/10/14/8-reasons-why-openoffice-30-could-be-tipping-point-application-or-not/3/

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