[TriLUG] OpenOffice or StarOffice for XP?

[David A. Cafaro]

I have been pretty happy with OpenOffice so far.  The only thing I
haven't been able to do with it is open password protected Word files
(it fails to even ask for the password).  Other than that it works
wonderfully.  I am planning on buying StarOffice 6.0 today.  Noticed
that Compusa has it on sale for 79.99 - 30.00 dollars in rebates.  The
nice thing is with this one purchased copy you can install it on up to 5
machines regardless of which OS they are running (comes with Linux, and
Windows versions).  I figure I buy StarOffice, it will help OpenOffice.

-David

On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 11:35, Robert A. Henderson wrote:
> Picked up a new computer with XP at the show last weekend. Before
> the hollerin' starts, I'm putting a second HD in it for Linux and the
> old PC is going to be my dedicated Linux machine. 
> 
> A fact of life is I have XP on the new box for the other users in the
> house, they are used to '98. I don't want to fork over for Office XP and
> I'm looking at OpenOffice and StarOffice as alternatives. 
> 
> A lot of school work is done on this machine, so I really need good Word
> compatibility possibly some Excel as well. 
> 
> Anybody want to offer up suggestions as to which to go with? I've already
> downloaded OO and I'm looking to install soon. I'm in process of hunting
> down SO today. 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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