[CS-FSLUG] Ontario offers Sun's StarOffice to students

[N. Thompson]

On May 28, 2004 5:39 am, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 06:24, john-thomas richards wrote:
> > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 11:13:27PM -0600, N. Thompson wrote:
> > > Thats certainly interesting, I wonder if Saskatchewan might follow
> > > along eventually :-) .
> > >
> > > I've just noticed one potential problem with this, OpenOffice.org
> > > doesn't seem to have filters for Staroffice except up to version 5.x.
> > > Unless Staroffice also uses the OO.o format I don't think the two are
> > > compatible with each other.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > openoffice.org and staroffice are essentially the same pieces of
> > software.  the name is changed and some of the eyecandy is changed but
> > the underlying mechanics are identical.  the file formats are the same.
>
> I've heard that isn't neccesarily true though I don't know. What I've
> heard is that it is "cleaner".
>
> JSR/
>

If the changes are merely better support for MS Word files. slightly faster 
operation and clipart (which is so ugly I wouldn't use it anyway) then what 
is the point of buying StarOffice. Especially since the Future Shop here is 
still charging $99 for it while the Canadian Sun store (see the 
http://ca.sun.com catalogue section.) seems to have it on for $35 CAD.

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