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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Getback on December 11, 2009, 10:34:59 PM
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This sound like a great deal?
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Yes, but Open Office is free: http://www.openoffice.org/ (http://www.openoffice.org/)
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Yes, but the "Home" version is theoretically licensed only for home non commercial use, i.e. nothing for which you get paid, like consulting. Not that anyone would pay any attention to that, but thought I'd mention it.
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Openoffice and others have become so strong competitors to MS that the next office versions will be free. If you do regular 'office' stuff and don't need to do macro or other excel scripting openoffice is your solution. It even has the old good interface instead of the lame ribbon found in all new MS products.
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Anyone have any luck running OpenOffice on Win7 64 bit?
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Only thing I don't like about open office is the fact is is Java based. I am not a fan of running java on any system if I don't have to.
TD
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Openoffice and others have become so strong competitors to MS that the next office versions will be free...
Didn't that recent lawsuit prevent Microsoft from selling office products?
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Yes, but Open Office is free: http://www.openoffice.org/ (http://www.openoffice.org/)
What he said ^
Just as good at a better price
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Anyone have any luck running OpenOffice on Win7 64 bit?
Not had any trouble with it so far.
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Only thing I don't like about open office is the fact is is Java based. I am not a fan of running java on any system if I don't have to.
TD
I didn't know that, but it would be a deal breaker for me too.
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Lol free with java vs 80 bucks.. :lol
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Openoffice and others have become so strong competitors to MS that the next office versions will be free. If you do regular 'office' stuff and don't need to do macro or other excel scripting openoffice is your solution. It even has the old good interface instead of the lame ribbon found in all new MS products.
Have used both and use both in my home office but I much prefer Office to Open Office. I get problems with opening/converting files that my co-workers have created in M$ Office from time to time and honestly I think the ribbon thing is much better in some instances but it does take quite a bit of getting used to seeing that instead of the old fashioned gui.
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Have used both and use both in my home office but I much prefer Office to Open Office. I get problems with opening/converting files that my co-workers have created in M$ Office from time to time and honestly I think the ribbon thing is much better in some instances but it does take quite a bit of getting used to seeing that instead of the old fashioned gui.
No private person needs more than openoffice. If it's for work use the company is paying so there's really no need for a discussion. And any company that's stuck to 'high level' office documents is doing something very very wrong to begin with. This usually means that the company has erred into developing some indegineous solution on office that will eventually malfunction and collapse. Usually this happens the latest when the person who developed it changes company or retires.
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Java in MHO is the worst/best thing ever developed. Since most attacks on computer systems are Java based because of people leaving java enabled in their browser and installing java software/games making java load upon system startup. This is how Phishing code is based more so then active-x or html. I will not enable java on any of my own systems nor will I install any java based software no matter the cost or lack there of.
TD
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Java in MHO is the worst/best thing ever developed. Since most attacks on computer systems are Java based because of people leaving java enabled in their browser and installing java software/games making java load upon system startup. This is how Phishing code is based more so then active-x or html. I will not enable java on any of my own systems nor will I install any java based software no matter the cost or lack there of.
TD
That's why I run noscript.
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Didn't that recent lawsuit prevent Microsoft from selling office products?
Sure did, they were supposed to have everything off the shelves in 60 days... although it isn't.
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Thanks guys for all your perspectives. I had an interview at a town 140 miles from my home. If I get the job I still need to continue my studies towards my CPA license. All of my notes, and it is significant, are in excel format. So If I get the position I am considering a new laptop to use for studying.
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Thanks guys for all your perspectives. I had an interview at a town 140 miles from my home. If I get the job I still need to continue my studies towards my CPA license. All of my notes, and it is significant, are in excel format. So If I get the position I am considering a new laptop to use for studying.
Heya Getback,
as some others have noted..... MSOffice2007 is in my opinion bloated down more, uses more processing power of your PC, etc....and sometimes OpenOffice does not open/present some MSoffice file types correctly from my experience.
although I have Office2007Pro.. I most times will revert back to using my Ms officepro 2003.......
also their are converters (and some are FREEWARE ) to convert office07 files to older office versions if you happen to run into that problem
I also concur with TD / Mr Ripley regarding Javascript stuff.....
hope this helps
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Heya Getback,
as some others have noted..... MSOffice2007 is in my opinion bloated down more, uses more processing power of your PC, etc....and sometimes OpenOffice does not open/present some MSoffice file types correctly from my experience.
although I have Office2007Pro.. I most times will revert back to using my Ms officepro 2003.......
also their are converters (and some are FREEWARE ) to convert office07 files to older office versions if you happen to run into that problem
I also concur with TD / Mr Ripley regarding Javascript stuff.....
hope this helps
I have Office 2003 and 2002 and maybe one more somewhere. The problem is I think I've installed them as much as I can legally.
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Should be able to have it on one machine legally . Shouldn't matter how many times you have installed it.
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<--- Criminal.
I've got my old copy of Office 2000 installed on three machines and have reinstalled it countless times. MS still lets me update all three copies even though I only have one license. Maybe they changed it with later versions? Anyway, it's still fully compatible with all the later versions.
I guess if I needed a new office program today I'd try Open Office.
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I use office 2007 over open office for the reason being since i was laid off and now goto school i use office 2007 so much i have become used to the GUI interface. Also bought a acaDEMIC VERSION WHICH SAVED ALOT OF MONEY( ya ya i hit the caps button) I used to use open office but have now deleted it. Actually I have been using it so much I am getting to like it. This is just IMO.
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Only thing I don't like about open office is the fact is is Java based. I am not a fan of running java on any system if I don't have to.
TD
Without getting into a religious conflict, how is Java any less safe than ActiveX stuff? Can't anti-virus and other security software protect a computer that runs Java just as well (or poorly) as a computer that runs ActiveX?
- bino, confuzzled bino
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Without getting into a religious conflict, how is Java any less safe than ActiveX stuff? Can't anti-virus and other security software protect a computer that runs Java just as well (or poorly) as a computer that runs ActiveX?
- bino, confuzzled bino
ActiveX is the worst possible solution. That's why IE should never be used for browsing the net.
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ActiveX is the worst possible solution. That's why IE should never be used for browsing the net.
You have been able to disable ActiveX in IE since version 5, possibly earlier.
When I discovered OpenOffice was written in Java I abandoned it as well. I have several reasons not to support Java. The leading one is writting code and having it made obsolete by a Java update because they cannot be bothered to maintain any backward compatibility. I have C code, I wrote in 1980, which still compiles and runs today.
I still use Office 97.