PC World: The Google Office I'd Go For | Linux Today

PC World: The Google Office I’d Go For

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 5, 2005

“First of all, Google and StarOffice are, in some ways, an odd
fit. Google is at its most admirably Google-esque when it marches
its own drummer, delivering useful tools that are anything but
clones of existing products. Examples: Gmail, Google Maps, Google
Earth, and, oh yeah, the Google Search engine itself.

“By contrast, StarOffice (and OpenOffice.org, its free
open-source variant) are mostly about doing things very much like
the competition–Microsoft Office, natch–but doing a lot more
affordably…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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