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<blockquote data-quote="XJ-linux" data-source="post: 1108345" data-attributes="member: 33722"><p>I'd use whatever does the job you need performed best. Generally, I wouldn't use the idea of "all Apple" or "all MS" products as a basis for buying a product. That's a bit short-sided unless there was a specific integration point in the software that I actually used.</p><p>I actually bought iWork some years ago because "MS sucks" and ended up buying Office for Mac 2004 anyhow. That was because I was using my personal Mac to do work for a corporation I was employed with at the time. iWork and OOo didn't work well when I brought in presentations and spreadsheets that looked horrible and other people had difficulty correcting and editing. I saved pennies to cost dollars in the end because corporate America uses MS to exchange documents.</p><p>These days I have a Win7 VM running Office 2003 and 2007, so it's not an issue. I wouldn't spend money again on "Office" type apps for personal consumption unless there was a specific need, since OOo and NeoOffice work fine for my personal stuff. Keep in mind that Oracle may be changing OOo at some point and making future versions not-free. Still, until file formats change drastically OOo works fine. Like said before, whatever tool accomplishes the mission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XJ-linux, post: 1108345, member: 33722"] I'd use whatever does the job you need performed best. Generally, I wouldn't use the idea of "all Apple" or "all MS" products as a basis for buying a product. That's a bit short-sided unless there was a specific integration point in the software that I actually used. I actually bought iWork some years ago because "MS sucks" and ended up buying Office for Mac 2004 anyhow. That was because I was using my personal Mac to do work for a corporation I was employed with at the time. iWork and OOo didn't work well when I brought in presentations and spreadsheets that looked horrible and other people had difficulty correcting and editing. I saved pennies to cost dollars in the end because corporate America uses MS to exchange documents. These days I have a Win7 VM running Office 2003 and 2007, so it's not an issue. I wouldn't spend money again on "Office" type apps for personal consumption unless there was a specific need, since OOo and NeoOffice work fine for my personal stuff. Keep in mind that Oracle may be changing OOo at some point and making future versions not-free. Still, until file formats change drastically OOo works fine. Like said before, whatever tool accomplishes the mission. [/QUOTE]
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