The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice | Linux Today

The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice

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PB
Pam Baker
Oct 9, 2007

“Microsoft has the best products money can buy–at least, that’s
what they would have you believe.

“However, remove money from the equation so MS buyers can’t brag
on the size of investment, and OpenOffice fans can’t gloat about a
freebie, who would win in an OpenOffice vs MS Office 2007
face-off?

“‘Ah, a great religious question!’ exclaimed Paul C. Williams,
senior software engineer at LexisNexis Examen. ‘Honestly, either is
equivalent for most any purpose…'”


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