Thread: Anybody Here Use StarOffice 6.0?

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    Anybody Here Use StarOffice 6.0?

    Does anyone use Star Office 6.0? If so, what do you think of it?

    I currently use Star Office 5.2, which was free. Overall I like it, but find some things awkward, and it's stability could be improved.

    My question is - is it worth me paying $75 for Star Office 6.0, or stick with 5.2 for the time being?

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    What the hell is StarOffice? Sounds like some retard TV show.

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    StarOffice? It's Sun's Office package, I suppose you could say it's equivalent to MS Office. The older 5.2 version used to be completely free to download & use, but they now charge for the new version.
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    Just tried out OpenOffice, available at

    www.openoffice.org

    It is built on the original StarOffice 5.2 source, and is LGPL. However, it seems an imporovement over Star Office 5.2. I think I like this.

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    I use open office. I'm not exactly one of those word processing power users, but it fits my needs just fine.

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    I'm using OpenOffice and it's very good.

    For example u can create the whole M$ stuff, PowerPoint presentations......

    And it's free and u can use it for Windows and for Linux.

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    sooner or later we won't need Windows anymore!

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    Originally posted by Aran Elus
    sooner or later we won't need Windows anymore!
    I wouldnt mind seeing that day. But I do think its a little far fetched.

    I have used star office before, it was good, I think I will try the new openoffice Davros expected. I dont use M$ word that often, but not using it at all would be better
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    Originally posted by Aran
    sooner or later we won't need Windows anymore!
    I already don't need Windows...
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    notice the we. The 'we' means all people. I am very aware that some people haven't used MS on their home systems for years.

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