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[steveo]

I just downloaded open office to see how it works and so far so good. I'm curious in that it does an amazing imitation of Microsoft Office , how could they make something that close to Office and not get into trouble with Microsoft?

Just curious

Thanks
Steveo

[JohnT]

I have been using Open Office for about three years and love it. Microsoft Office is a solid product but not worth it for what they want for it. I have used "Think Free", and "Star Office" but Open Office has been the best with very few problems. I even go rid of Microsoft Works on my laptop and went to Open Office. The file formats are different than Microsoft, and open source has been around for many years.

[Berton]

There's also LibreOffice [much the same as OpenOffice] and IBM Lotus Symphony, both free. A compelling reason to use them is the ability to open Office documents and Save as Office formats such as .xls, .doc and the newer .xlsx and .docx formats.

[Man'n'Black-4xp]

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icrosoft Office , how could they make something that close to Office and not get into trouble with Microsoft?

M.S. Office is made by a third party {Corel if I remember correct}.

[Berton]

Man'n'Black-4xp, on 21 June 2011 - 02:33 AM, said:

M.S. Office is made by a third party {Corel if I remember correct}.

No, Corel owns WordPerfect which has been a competitor of Microsoft Office for over 20 years. WordPerfect used to be a Utah-based company but changes over the years now belongs to the Canadian firm Corel, also makers of CorelDraw.

[JohnT]

Oracle now has Open Office, they are right down the street from me....................