Kicking Microsoft out of the office: 4 alternative suites tested

Specifications

Product Lotus SmartSuite Millenium Edition 9.8 OpenOffice.org V1.1 StarOffice 7 WordPerfect Office 11 (Standard Edition)
RRP (inc GST) Single user $476, volume licenses negotiable Free Single user $190, 25 users $3168, 150 users $15851 Single user $229, volume priving not provided
Vendor IBM OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems Corel
Phone 132 426 N/A 02 9844 5000 02 9006 1100
Web www.lotus.com/smartsuite www.openoffice.org www.sun.com.au www.corel.com
Minimum/recommended memory Windows 95, 98, ME: 16MB
Windows NT 4.0: 48MB
Windows 2000: 64MB
Windows XP: 128MB		 Windows: 64MB
Linux: 64MB
Solaris (Sparc): 128MB		 Windows: 64MB
Linux: 128MB
Solaris: 128MB		 64MB
Minimum/recommended hard drive space 293MB Windows: 250MB
Linux: 300MB
Solaris (Sparc): 300MB		 300MB 370MB
OS Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP Windows 98, Me, NT (SP6+), 2000, XP; Solaris 8 or higher and Xserver (with Gnome 2.0); Linux with glibc2 2.2.0 or higher and Xserver (with Gnome2.2). Windows 98, Me, NT (SP6+), 2000, XP; Solaris 8 or higher and Xserver (with OpenWindows, CDE or Gnome 2.0+); Linux with Kernel 2.2.13 or higher and glibc2 2.2.0 or higher and Xserver with Gnome 2.0 or higher. Windows 2000 SP3, NT 4.0 SP6a, XP, 98SE, ME
Minimim/recommended Processor Pentium Pentium Pentium Pentium 166MHz
Applications included in bundle Word Processor (Word Pro), spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3), presentation (Freelance Graphics), database (Approach), organiser (Lotus Organiser), intranet publisher (FastSite) Word processor (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation (Impress), drawing (Draw) Word processor (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation (Impress), drawing (Draw), database (Adabas D12) Word processor (WordPerfect), spreadsheet (Quattro Pro), presentation (Presentation), XML project designer, PerfectScript, batch conversion utility
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    Database access http://dba.ope ...Anonymous -- 16/03/04

    Database access http://dba.openoffice.org/

    An alternative title '...three ...Anonymous -- 17/03/04

    An alternative title '...three office suites...'
    OO and SO are the same product with a different name (and cost). Please tell me you knew this?
    ROTFL

    What about sending OpenOffice, ...Anonymous -- 24/03/04

    What about sending OpenOffice, Smartsuite, StarOffice files to someone with Microsoft Excell, Word and so on? Will they be able to open my files with Microsoft Office?

    What about sending OpenOffice, ...Anonymous -- 24/03/04

    What about sending OpenOffice, Smartsuite, StarOffice files to someone with Microsoft Excell, Word and so on? Will they be able to open my files with Microsoft Office?

    OpenOffice.org fooled colleagu ...Anonymous -- 08/04/04

    OpenOffice.org fooled colleagues for 18 months

    I downloaded and installed OpenOffice.org to Windows 2000 and used it for 18 months. I set file options so that double clicking a *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt, etc. file opened in OpenOffice.org. I changed the options in OOo to save only in Microsoft Office compatible formats, not in its own native formats.

    Over the 18 months, I originated files and sent them to others for revision and return. I also opened colleagues' files, revised and returned them. No accidents or misformatting occurred and none of my colleagues knew or noticed that I was not using Microsoft Office.

    So, unless you are a macro freak or using the API in a shared environment, OOo can completely replace Office.

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