ms office or sun openoffice?

Answer 1

Open Office has an extremely good free to use and distribute product at http://www.openoffice.org

It contains programmes fully functional in Word-processing, Database, Spreadsheets, Drawing and Presentation. It looks and feels like Microsoft Office and can even make PDF's
OpenOffice.org is more than a collection of five superb tools.
Unlike some competitors, this suite was not created from a collection of separate pieces of software. From the start, it was designed as one complete office package.
All the packages have a similar 'look and feel' making them very easy to use, with common 'learn once use everywhere' tools like the Styles and Formatting. OpenOffice.org takes its 'look and feel' from your computer - if you change your desktop, OpenOffice.org will change to match.
The same tools are used consistently across the suite - for example, the tools you use to work with graphics within Writer are also found in Impress and Draw.
You don't need to know which application was used to create a particular file - you can 'File Open' any OpenOffice.org file from anywhere and the correct application will be launched.
All the packages share a common spell-checker, etc.; and if you change an 'Option' in one package, it's changed in them all.
Information can be transferred easily between all the packages.
All the components save in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format offers substantial disk savings compared to common competitors' formats. It also means you can access your data from any OpenDocument compliant software.
All the packages are installed in one single operation, using the installation process you are used to on your computer.
All the packages are released under the same open licensing model - there are no hidden charges now or in the future.
Everything you need in an office productivity suite

Answer 2

If you rely on 100% compatability with other people using the latest version of Office apps like Word, Excel, etc... then go with MS Office. Star Office is adequate and can open a lot of MS generated files, but not all of them and sometimes it doesn't render a file properly.

Since Star Office costs money, I'd suggest that if you're going away from MS Office, you go for OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) which Star was/is based on.

Answer 3

Open Office. It is free and can open MOST M$ Office documents (the exception being very complex spreadsheets and complicated macros).
For the record, Sun's Star Office is the commercial version of Open Office and is based on it. The only real difference is that Star Office has a selection of templates when you install where for Open Office you need to download or create any templates.

Answer 4

Sun openoffice cause it is free and lovely product

Answer 5

MS office definateley uses less resources and is industry standard and has a better gui than sun open office.

Answer 6

Microsoft if you can afford it - open office is 'free' but doesn't have the massive compatibility of MS applications.

Answer 7

no, that is suicide for Microsoft because of the fact human beings might have next to no reason to spend huge quantities of money to with the help of the main modern-day addition of MS place of work if Open place of work will in superb condition the desires of the traditional corporation person. That reported in spite of the indisputable fact that, Open place of work does have the flair of saving in be conscious format. . . . .

Answer 8

depems on what environmet your in, but M/soft rule as it were !