"Jem Berkes has it right. As a software developer taking the users' point of view, he clearly articulates why OpenOffice stands with the GNU/Linux operating system and the Mozilla Firefox Web browser as the principal components of the new open desktop.
As Jem puts it: "There are some very good reasons to use OpenOffice.org instead of [#$%(*&^**&^^$&#@], and the best reasons have nothing to do with cost of the software." His list of points includes OpenOffice's a) OS platform agnosticism; b) its stability; c) the trustworthiness of its development model and developers; d) data longevity (read Open File Format); e) data interchange (read Web Services); and f) rapid growth in popularity (read Standardization)..."
