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Subject:Re: Re: OpenOffice v StarOffice? From:Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:13:13 -0500
Actually, Bruce, that's exactly the information I needed.
Thanks a million to you, Solveig, and Samantha for your
prompt and helpful replies!
-Sue
I asked:
> > My question -- how compatible are StarOffice and OpenOffice?
And Bruce Byfield replied:
>
> Sun bought StarOffice from a German company.
...
> However, all these versions, from OOo 1.0 / SO 6 to OOo 1.1.x / SO 7 use the
> same file formats, so you shouldn't have any problems using any one of these to
> open files in any other.
>
> All of which is probably more than you want to know.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604-421.7177
>
