[GLLUG] OpenOffice.org

Clay Dowling clay at lazarusid.com
Thu Apr 23 09:43:53 EDT 2009


On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Michael Rudas wrote:

> --- tigner wrote:
>
>> Just in case no one has considered it, SoftMaker has Softmaker Office 2006
>> available for FREE. It only includes Word and Excel compatibility, but it
>> works well and is IMHO faster than OO, and has quite a bit smaller foot print.
>
> Yes, there ARE times when OO.o is a bit much--but why tussle with
> 3-year-old software (ODF compatibility, anyone?) when AbiWord is
> current and TRULY free GPL software?  I nearly always install it
> alongside OO.o as both a cross-check and lighter alternative.

Okay, just to keep this from escalating:  I'm only putting the 
OpenOffice.org disk on the box.  These other packages sound wonderful, but 
I've got limited time that I'm willing to devote to tracking this stuff 
down and downloading it.


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