Besides the fact that OpenOffice is FREE.
2007-03-26 01:45:45 · 8 answers · asked by phillylady4u 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It could be that they want to stick with open standards as far as document formats. Or, since OpenOffice is open source, they could have their IT people modify it to create a custom build for their company.
2007-03-26 01:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could also be an ideological difference. Microsoft guards it source code very tightly and will not let the consumer see it. This means that no one but Microsoft can make improvements to the program. OpenOffice is an open source project, that means anyone under the sun can look at the source code and make improvements to the program.
So a company may feel that supporting an open source venture (Mozilla and many other free programs out there are open source also) is a good way to support competition to the monolithic presence of Microsoft.
Or of course, they might just be cheap, Microsoft office is expensive.
2007-03-26 01:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Lucas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess I'm chiming in with the same answer others have given - you've answered your own question. Now that Open Office has been so improved, and is free, there is no reason to have to pay the license fees required by Microsoft to license multiple copies of Office for a large corporation. I'm thinking seriously of going to Open Office myself, and I've used and taught MS Office for years.
2007-03-26 02:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question. Large corporation always want to save money so using FREE OpenOffice is the obvious favourite for them.
2007-03-26 01:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by CJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MS Office will only create and handle documents in the office format (.doc, .exl, .ppt, etc file extensions) while OpenOffice will open and create most common document types including all MS O formats plus PDF and Word Perfect. I could be that with just one office suite all the business requirements are met.
2007-03-26 01:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by Mortis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can create PDFs out of it without purchasing Adobe Acrobat (not the reader) which can cost hundreds of pounds.
With Microsoft Office, there is no embedded feature which allows one to create PDFs unless they previously installed Adobe Acrobat.
2007-03-26 02:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by meco031719 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its free to do what you want with,cool
2007-03-26 02:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by n.bmarshall@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
money
2007-03-26 01:52:49 · answer #8 · answered by cynsational 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋