Rating and comments for OpenOffice

Whatever was irritating, confusing, counter intuitive, and ugly about the previous edition of Open Office by way of GUI, has been soundly and roundly dealt with in the new edition of Open Office...

This package more than replaces MS Office, and its equivalents, especially if you really are looking for an alternative, and unlike Word, Excel, and other things contained within MS Office, Open Office only 'phone's home' if you want it to... Unless you have an attentive firewall, MS Office calls home, without your consent...

Anyway, my highest recommendation for this Office Suite!

Excellent program suite. Almost everything offered by MS is here yet it offers many features not covered by MS at all. Why would anyone pay money for an office suite with the OpenOffice.org suite of tools at their disposal? My only gripe is with the opening speed which can sometimes be a little on the slow side.

I have been using this product off and on for the last 2 years. When it comes to Microsoft Office, I started using it when Bill released Word 1.0. There are things I can do in MS Office that I haven't figured out how to in OppenOffice, but the more I use this product the more I am impressed with it. In fact there are some things I can do easier in OpenOffice than in MS Office. Obviously since I switch back and forth between these 2 products I need file compatibility. he only problem I ever encountered was on a particularly complicated spreadsheet. For the vast majority of office suite user, OpenOffice will do everything you need done. Considering the differential in price, for the vast majority of users OpenOffice is the only sensible choice.