OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta 2 Impresses
Can the open source OpenOffice.org project ever take on Microsoft Office in the marketplace? Version 2.0 is showing the most promise yet, and the second beta of the new productivity suite is already receiving high marks from users. Below is a selection of reviews from BetaNews readers.
Excellent software, and worthy Office Replacement. Sure, it takes a few seconds more to load, but are those few seconds worth $329 to upgrade to Office 2003 or $499 for a full new license? OO is far and away the best Office alternative, and you can't beat the price. - arossetti
This is good! I really didn't like OO 1.1 but this is just fantastic.
Only really used writer, but it has replaced word in just a few hours of use. Everything I need is there, support for word, styles, mail merge, PDF support. Hell you can write macros in about 4 different languages. - guitardave78
Perfect replacement for MS Office. Loads faster than Office and uses less memory while running. Interface is also much easier to use than MS Office. - reets
Incredible for a free package (for a pay one too). - Jeavis
Well, I'm glad they're taking their time to release this product. For the past 6 months not many new features have been added but a load of bug fixes and more importantly performace improvements have been made. Keep up the good work. - mcm
OOo stills need to reduce the Java dependency. Ooo stills need to reduce the bugs, so we need your help by reporting them. If everybody keeps reporting the bugs it will help make the products better. - utomo
Is OOo ever going to release 2.0 or is this a WordPerfect situation where they sit on a version for years and years? Pull the trigger folks, or Microsoft Office 12 is going to be in our hands before OOo 2.0 will be. - zridling
How can you compare this to Office? you got hundreds of dollars vs. zero dollars in price, I never understood people who compared paid programs with free programs. Also you write that we should get version 2 fast, hey if they are not getting any money in then how can they work any faster than Microsoft who gets millions of dollars in on their Office projects. - DigiBrian