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Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

OpenOffice

Free

Runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X

Feature comparable to Microsoft Office

Commercially supported, fully indemnified, version available as StarOffice

Microsoft Office

$149 to $679

Runs on Windows - MacOS X version is similar but no Outlook client or Access.

Feature comparable to OpenOffice

My Question:

How is this even a contest?

Paul Murphy wrote and published The Unix Guide to Defenestration. Murphy is a 25-year veteran of the I.T. consulting industry, specializing in Unix and Unix-related management issues.