It's Your Choice - OpenOffice.org 2

Are you a Microsoft Office user? are you thinking about upgrading to MS-Office 2007? If you're like 98% of MS-Office users, you'll probably stay with what you've got, rather than spend your money on an upgrade. Your current software does the job you want.

However, the chances are that you'll have seen some advertising about Microsoft's new product, and you may be wondering whether it's time to change.

Six facts to consider about MS-Office 2007

1. If you're a current MS-Office user, you'll find MS-Office 2007 does the same job, prints the same letters, generates the same spreadsheets as your current copy. So why spend more money to do the same job as now?
2. MS-Office 2007 has a radically different "new look", which makes it look and feel quite unusual compared with what you are used to. Will this change help you, or is it just a marketing thing to help MS-Office look different from competitors like OpenOffice.org?
3. Microsoft has provided 50,000 pages of new help files to help you understand the "new look". Have you time to absorb all these changes?
4. Microsoft dealers, trainers, and support people are hoping to make a lot of money from helping people migrate. Have you got all the support you need to help you cope with the changes?
5. Upgrades like this are a major revenue stream for Microsoft. Are they providing this upgrade for your benefit, or for their shareholders?
6. Earlier this year, Microsoft ran a long and expensive advertising campaign portraying people who hadn't upgraded as the "Office dinosaurs". Does this worry you, or are you happy to make your own decisions?

Six facts to consider about OpenOffice.org 2

1. Independent reviewers have found that OpenOffice.org 2 is seriously good software, and MS-Office users very quickly feel completely at home with it.
2. OpenOffice.org 2 gives you everything you expect in one package - plus useful extras like creating pdf files. You may have noted that MS-Office comes in a confusing number of "editions".
3. Case studies that show changing to OpenOffice.org 2 costs 90% less than upgrading to MS-Office 2007 and having to master a new "look and feel".
4. OpenOffice.org 2 reads all your old MS-Office files. If you make the change to OpenOffice.org 2, your investment in documents, spreadsheets, presentations etc is safe.
5. OpenOffice.org's licencing terms allow you to install it on as many computers as you like and use it for any purpose. Are you quite sure your current copies of MS-Office comply with all of Microsoft's licence conditions?
6. OpenOffice.org is free of any charge. Why pay for software from Microsoft when there's a perfectly good alternative available for free?

It's your choice: if your present office suite does the business for you, why change? If you do want to change, try OpenOffice.org 2 first. If you like it, keep it yourself, and pass it on to others.

More people start using OpenOffice.org 2 through personal recommendation than any other route (we’re rather proud of that).

More about OpenOffice.org Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Graphics Database Brochure (pdf) Other reasons why OpenOffice.org Further reading The unwanted upgrade Low level of upgrades Office 2007 - a big upheaval Microsoft needs upgrades 50,000 pages The dreadful dinosaur campaign OpenOffice.org 2 reviewed Ten times cheaper

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