differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice


Subject: differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice
From: Stanley Long (slong@customcpu.com)
Date: Sun Mar 03 2002 - 20:14:45 AKST


Looks to me like OpenOffice is maybe a MORE desirable product that the
original StarOffice ??

Breaking it down into individual units could be better, XML is better,
and the "componentization" might lead to inter-operability with
different spreadsheet/graphic modules.

Only the loss of "certain file filters" might be bad.
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http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/mostfaqs.html#7

7.What are the differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org?
A. Differences between StarOffice 5.2 and the future of StarOffice
                              
The source code has undergone some significant changes since 5.2 was
released. Some of these changes are:
                                  
Removal of integrated desktop
                                 
Componentization of word processing, spreadsheet and graphic
        applications modules
                                  
Removal of email and calendar and the schedule server
                                  
Removal of the browser
                                  
Move to XML-file formats
                                  
Improved Microsoft filters
                                 
CJK support (CJK refers to Asian languages: C=Chinese, simple and
traditional, J= Japanese, K= Korean)



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