Microsoft Office vs. Open Office Lori Hrdy Ed Dahlmer

Agenda Microsoft Office HistoryOpenOffice.org HistoryMicrosoft v OpenOffice.orgThe Choice is Yours… 2

Microsoft Office Version History 3  Office 92  Office 95  Office 97  Office 2000  Office XP  Office 2003  Office 2007  Office2010

OpenOffice.org 4  1980’s Star office suite developed in Germany  1999 Purchased by Sun Microsystems  2002 Openoffice.org 1.0  2010 Openoffice.org 3.2  27 updates between 1 and 3.2

A Comparison of Functionality 5 Microsoft OfficeOpenOffice.org WordWriter ExcelCalc PowerpointImpress PaintDraw AccessBase PublisherNA GrooveNA

6 Operating Systems Microsoft Office 2007 –Windows –Mac OS Open Office 3.2 –Microsoft Windows –Mac OS X –Linux –BSD

7 Microsoft Office vs. Open Office Purchasing Considerations Not interoperable Large expert base required for support Security Patches released as needed Good if you need bells/whistles Interoperable No expert base required Security less of an issue Good if only basics are required

8 Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org Openoffice.org = FREE! $ $499.99

Microsoft Software assurance 29% of license cost for desktop products 25% of license cost For server software

Key Considerations: 10 80% of people use 20% of Microsoft Office capabilities Open Office has equivalent basic functionality…and it’s free. Great alternative solution Entrepreneurs College students Internationally accepted; a global solution for multiple OS IOS

Questions? THANK YOU! 11