IN THE BLUE CORNER

IN THE RED CORNER

IN THE...OTHER RED CORNER

Office Suite Smack down

Paul Woods 25 / Capricorn / Good Bloke By Day Marketing for Data # 3 http://www.paul-woods.com/ By Night The New Paperclip http://www.thenewpaperclip.com/ Ex-Public Servant Ex-Microsoftie Ex-Unix Admin Ex-Trainer

Paul Woods

25 / Capricorn / Good Bloke

By Day Marketing for Data # 3

http://www.paul-woods.com/

By Night

The New Paperclip

http://www.thenewpaperclip.com/

Ex-Public Servant

Ex-Microsoftie

Ex-Unix Admin

Ex-Trainer

Smack down Objectives

The Administrator

The Spreadsheet Warrior

The Sales and Marketing Machine

The Contenders

Open Office.org 2.4

The Results For Core functionality is there Pretty tight integration Cost (licensing) Against Interface is soooo 1997 Calc will not stand up for power users Impress is good for simple decks, but flog it and you will be disappointed Especially when multimedia is concerned Cost (migration) Not complete (mail/calendaring anyone?)

For

Core functionality is there

Pretty tight integration

Cost (licensing)

Against

Interface is soooo 1997

Calc will not stand up for power users

Impress is good for simple decks, but flog it and you will be disappointed

Especially when multimedia is concerned

Cost (migration)

Not complete (mail/calendaring anyone?)

Star Office 8

OpenOffice with a Sun Logo Compared to OO CONS: Support for fewer languages Support for fewer o/s Licence fee PROS: Support A few more fonts Indemnification ... And you get a sneaky Google toolbar installed as well!

Corel WordPerfect Office X4

Wordperfect Classic 5.1

Wordperfect Legal Mode

Wordperfect “Word” Mode

Wordperfect “WordPerfect” Mode

Quattro Pro “ Quattro Pro” Mode

Quattro Pro “ Excel” Mode

Quattro Pro “ Lotus 1-2-3” Mode

Presentations “ Presentations” Mode

Presentations “ PowerPoint” Mode

The Results For Core functionality is there (and has been for a LONG TIME!) File compat Even does Word for DOS files! Against Office has surpassed WordPerfect in a number of areas Quattro Pro Presentations Lots of annoying things that need to be fixed Word count anyone?

For

Core functionality is there (and has been for a LONG TIME!)

File compat

Even does Word for DOS files!

Against

Office has surpassed WordPerfect in a number of areas

Quattro Pro

Presentations

Lots of annoying things that need to be fixed

Word count anyone?

Google Apps

Wordpad with collaboration

The Results For Basic Functionality is somewhat there Accessible through a browser (multi plat) Collaboration Gadgets Cost Offline editing (with Gears) Against Basic Functionality is somewhat there Some annoying things though Accessible through a browser (multi plat) Speed can be an issue i.e. Images Custom templates The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on Policy/control mechanisms etc Data locality

For

Basic Functionality is somewhat there

Accessible through a browser (multi plat)

Collaboration

Gadgets

Cost

Offline editing (with Gears)

Against

Basic Functionality is somewhat there

Some annoying things though

Accessible through a browser (multi plat)

Speed can be an issue

i.e. Images

Custom templates

The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on

Policy/control mechanisms etc

Data locality

Peepel

The Results For Basic Word Processing and Spreadsheeting Accessible through a browser (multi plat) Speed is very good! Collaboration UI Aussie! Against Annoying things like Google Apps No charting Offline editing Templates The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on

For

Basic Word Processing and Spreadsheeting

Accessible through a browser (multi plat)

Speed is very good!

Collaboration

UI

Aussie!

Against

Annoying things like Google Apps

No charting

Offline editing

Templates

The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on

Zoho Office

The Results For Core functionality is there Accessible through a browser (multi plat) Speed is alright Collaboration UI Most complete range of business apps in an online productivity suite Against Annoying things like Google Apps / Peepel Show is very feature poor Templates The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on

For

Core functionality is there

Accessible through a browser (multi plat)

Speed is alright

Collaboration

UI

Most complete range of business apps in an online productivity suite

Against

Annoying things like Google Apps / Peepel

Show is very feature poor

Templates

The old security/privacy thing that IT managers get hung up on

So what?

Which one is right for your org?

Office 2007 Standard Office 2007 Pro Office 2007 Ultimate Open Office 2.4 StarOffice 8 Wordperfect Office X4 Google Apps Peepel Zoho Office

The Administrator

The Spreadsheet Warrior

The Sales and Marketing Machine

Office Suite Smack down

“ Just FYI: I hate Office 2007”