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Competition

bobiroc 12th Oct 2009

While OpenOffice is a decent solution and I install it all the time for people with light Office Suite needs MS Office is way more powerful than OpenOffice. They already have good programs for students and educators to get the full Suite for a very low cost or in some cases free. Our teachers and staff get free at home usage rights with our Education Volume License and if students or staff want to buy a copy they can get Office STD for $60ish or Pro for $80ish.

That being said we have students and Staff that have OpenOffice at home and while they claim compatibility it is mediocre at best. I have seen instances of formatting loss and many times features like transitions and formulated documents do not translate so well.