Office 2010

[Karl Larsen]

On 09/01/2010 05:56 AM, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> Dave Howorth wrote:
>    
>> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>      
>>> AV3 wrote:
>>>        
>>>> In Ubuntu,
>>>> Open Office will be able to deal with whatever he creates in MS Office.
>>>>          
>> Not correct I'm afraid. OOo can't deal with some of the new features in
>> Excel.
>>
>>      
>>> 	Yes, there were also features missing from the Mac version. But Office
>>> 2008 (Mac) is pretty much on par with Office 2007 now.
>>>        
>> The current version of Office is 2010, so compatibility with 2007 is not
>> much help.
>>
>>      
> Good thing Office Mac 2011 is being released next month.
>
> Office 2010 was just released in June. It always seems most businesses
> are slow to jump on the upgrade bandwagon if they don't have to, and I
> doubt schools are in a huge rush either. I would be shocked if people
> were running into the same issues as when half the world upgraded from
> 2003 and the rest didn't.
>
> With any luck compatibility with OOXML is a little better than it has
> been in the past, and people can more easily share with OpenOffice, but
> I wouldn't bet my hat on it.
>
>    
             I can't speak to the MAC price but Windows Office 2007 was 
about $420.00 to students! It is expensive so the question comes down to:

     Do you want to run Windows Office at $400 a crack as each new 
version costs, or can you use on Linux OR Windows Open Office, which is 
free for each new version?

     If you need the latest cutting edge it will be expensive but that 
you must pay. But if you can do what you need on Open Office it is free.


73 Karl


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