Linked by David Adams on Tue 23rd Aug 2005 16:06 UTC, submitted by Mark Brunelli
OpenOffice.org instructor Solveig Haugland explains why the upcoming OpenOffice 2.0 is set to make her job a whole lot easier. She says, "As an OpenOffice.org and StarOffice trainer, I teach a lot of one-day classes on the core software features. As I introduce the program and then word processor (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc) and presentation maker (Impress), I teach students how to deal with the oddities of each application before we get into the primary lessons. My first half hour of each section is gone." 
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RE[2]: who cares if it is seconds slower
by on Wed 24th Aug 2005 11:02
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Member since:Collaboration using MS Office is a nightmare too. Merging documents, revision control, using official company templates, annotating etc. are all labourious, braindamaged processeses, and it is a miracle people put up with it. Imagine the productivity gain if everyone would learn LateX and a revision control system like DARCS. But that would only replace Word...
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For most peoples uses, it is more than fine.
Agreed. Though Abiword (as a Word alternative) and AppleWorks each are more than fine for most such usage as well.
I can't imagine why people would pay money for Office, when OOo is just as good and it is free.
Unfortunately, OOo can't handle the type of collaboration frequent in the business environment. And Impress really lags in features and usability compared to PowerPoint (and handles PPT conversion poorly). As I need that PowerPoint compatibility for working with slides made by others, I need Microsoft Office.