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If there are no problems with MS Office, why does MS have so many
programmers working on it. Even with this adition, there are still probably 5x more programmers working on MS Office. I guess that means that MS Office has 5x more problems by your reasoning.

Well, that said, the problem areas for OpenOffice are memory usage, load time, and download size. Great to have some of the smartest on the planet working on that. There will be smarter people working on OpenOffice than on MS Office. Just like Einstein and many other German scientists did NOT want to work for Hitler.
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HP still shut out  Roger Ramjet | 10/31/05
Why would it?  techboy_z | 10/31/05
Not just a server OS  Roger Ramjet | 10/31/05
Suggestions...  nucrash | 10/31/05
I DID try  Roger Ramjet | 11/01/05
OO is not pure Java  balsover | 10/31/05
It should be  Roger Ramjet | 11/01/05
Isn't this what OpenOffice wasn't  John Zern | 10/31/05
Not Really  schneb | 10/31/05
Competition is the only factor  duane.wills@... | 10/31/05
Go google go hit harder  toxicfreak | 10/31/05
Isn't this what George Ou was talking about?  archerjoe | 10/31/05
George's article wasn't conclusive at all...  BitTwiddler | 10/31/05
But is it worth $90 to you...  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
"No place to go"?  ccrashh2@... | 10/31/05
Microsoft Office is a $90 item.  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Everybody is a student right?  jjanks | 10/31/05
Well, we're all learning.  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Free has no advantage ??  nevtxjustin@... | 10/31/05
The $129 Retail Item Has THREE Licenses  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
Free vs acceptable  IT_User | 10/31/05
The meaning of money.  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Glad you mentioned eBay - TRUE Value  PMC-CON | 11/01/05
Not exactly  IT_User | 10/31/05
No one stated that it was not slower.  Zoraster | 10/31/05
Re: No one stated that it was not slower.  GreyGeek | 10/31/05
If there are no problems with MS Office, why does MS have so many  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
Steve Ballmer once said proudly...  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
If there are no problems with MS Office, why does MS have so many  tgun2003 | 10/31/05
You make a lot of assumptions  archerjoe | 10/31/05
Hurray!  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/05
Throwing bodies at the problem is what communists do best.  osreinstall | 10/31/05
You work for Google?  John Zern | 10/31/05
Ok, this is not necessarily good news...  BitTwiddler | 10/31/05
Open Office is GPL, Google can not force you to use a version with  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
Actually  java.user | 10/31/05
Thanks, yes, LGPL, they could add proprietary modules.  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
Another angle  reformed_lurker | 10/31/05
I believe that you are correct  WiredGuy | 10/31/05
And yet another angle  balsover | 10/31/05
Don't count on it  Chad_z | 10/31/05
I agree, Google gets an enormous competitive advantage from Linux, and  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
This helps limit Microsoft control, and adds a "cool" factor.  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
Really?  Real World | 10/31/05
I agree  HiRezL | 10/31/05
Mammoth 80MB download size?  z_darius@... | 10/31/05
Right, but you don't have to download MS Office, in comes on CD  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
OO.o on CD  johnay | 10/31/05
It would be nice if Best Buy, Circuit City, etc, would sell the OOo CDs  DonnieBoy | 10/31/05
Microsoft Office is usually installed...  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Both can be smaller based on leaving out  Boot_Agnostic | 10/31/05
In comparison to other downloadable office suites  Boot_Agnostic | 10/31/05
Then There's The Required Sun JVM -- 16M  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
And Still No Outlook Substitute ...  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
No Outlook substitute...  johnay | 10/31/05
All That's Java Needed For??? & Outlook OE  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
Outlook?  tommyhigbee | 11/01/05
Opinions are like ... Outlook Security is Great  PMC-CON | 11/02/05
lmfao  IT Scion | 10/31/05
It's not crippled if it only lacks features I don't need  johnay | 10/31/05
OpenOffice 2.0 Base Needs Some Work  Roger_Jennings | 10/31/05
Hey Roger  WiredGuy | 10/31/05
Google's strategy  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Maybe you just lack vision  nucrash | 10/31/05
You Are Arguing Both Sides  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
Well.. Both...  nucrash | 10/31/05
Bogus -- OO Not Wanted by Users  PMC-CON | 10/31/05
and i've seen the opposite  Monkey_MCSE | 10/31/05
Check Back in a Month  PMC-CON | 11/01/05
Google is a public company.  Anton Philidor | 10/31/05
Really?  Richard Flude | 11/01/05
Richard, I concur  Monkey_MCSE | 11/01/05
Richard, I concur  Monkey_MCSE | 11/01/05
You can buy OpenOffice on CD  hipparchus2001 | 10/31/05
Irrefutable Proof of the Robustness of Open Source Tools  michael_t | 10/31/05
Re: EBay and "True Test", etc.  tommyhigbee | 11/01/05
Silly Post  PMC-CON | 11/02/05
Sillier Post  tommyhigbee | 11/02/05
RE:Check Back in a Month  Monkey_MCSE | 11/01/05
Try to make a silk purse from a sow's ear...  tommyhigbee | 11/02/05
Oops  tommyhigbee | 11/02/05
Try to make a silk purse from a sow's ear...  tommyhigbee | 11/02/05
Google no saint...  gec1000 | 11/06/05
Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06

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