>> Don't forget StarOffice (or whatever the hell the minutely-altered
>> edition of OpenOffice is called).
> 
> StarOffice predated OpenOffice; the two were co-developed for some time, 
> but are essentially different products now.

Interesting. So does StarOffice do something that OpenOffice doesn't now?

>>> I use OpenOffice every day.  It's good.
>> It's OK, and it *is* useful for fixing documents that MS Word is too
>> stupid to open. But it's not nearly as effective is MS Office yet.
>> Still, 5 years ago it was awful. Maybe it just needs time...
> 
> If the last time you used it was 5 years ago, then you haven't looked at 
> the current versions.

I said (or intended to say) that 5 years ago it was awful, and today it 
isn't. It just isn't great either.

> As I said, I use it *every* *single* *day* and it 
> *isn't* awful, it's quite good, and I find it provides all the 
> functionality that most end users need.

I used it to write my CV.

All of them.

> Oh, and I use it regularly to open MS Office docs (which I am often sent 
> by third parties) - both "traditional" files and OOXML files.  No 
> compatibility problems that I've encountered.

As I say, I sometimes use OO for fixing broken MSO documents. (MSO 
itself is apparently too stupid to do this.)

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