Is OpenOffice really ten years behind MS Office?

Posted by bstadil on Mar 7, 2006 2:14 AM EDT
DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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I use OpenOffice.org 2 every day. It works. It has all the features I need. It's fast. It's reliable. I can send files from it via email directly from my application. It's also secure, unlike Office. And, its file format can also be read now and forever-after by any program that uses the ODF

Oh, and did I mention that OO.o doesn't cost a penny, while Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 lists for $499?

OK, I give up, what's the problem with OO.o again? Let's get real for a minute. There has not been a significant upgrade in Office suite functionality, from anyone, since, oh, Office 97.

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