Linked by David Adams on Thu 17th Jul 2008 00:00 UTC, submitted by snydeq
InfoWorld's Curtis Franklin reviews the four leading contenders to supplant Microsoft Office in business and finds that, while Google Docs is not ready to take on the full mantle, OpenOffice and Zoho provide viable alternatives should IT endeavor to wean business off Office.
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Everyone who I know uses openoffice at home now, it is simply an excellent package for most people. Version 3.0 is going to be a well deserved treat for me. The only two things was Ubuntu doesn't install MSlooking fonts as default. Although it was pretty trivial to fix. The second is selecting whole lines with the cursor. PDF and html export really have been killer features.
GoogleDocs is not a replacement for office. Especially when the formating when copying to and from Office is appauling. It has limited featureset. I had two problems one with a Visus scanner blocking GoogleDoc and one of my uses not being able to access it. It is excellent as a quick word processer, or to store documents like CV etc. The only other thing that I object to is adding a document to an email is less than obvious and not very functional. GoogleDocs for now should be exceped for what it is a simple Online office suite, and for that alone its an excellent package.
Office is criminally expenisve for home users and even for a relatively well off company. The price of Office is simply too high for students and low income/unwaged to have access to, and please don't quote the student/teacher addition it lacks basic office applications and is only reasonable if you are 3 people.
Seriously though OpenOffice 3.0 Beta 2 is out which is bigger news than this considering the massive improvements each version brings.