Chad wrote: > - you have to install *Java* for the Database to work.
Psst., WRONG answer. You can use the database component, without having Java installed. > It seems to me that MSO has more includes than OOo, once you include Seems to me that you didn't read what I wrote. OTOH, that is par for you. >auto magically installed as Outlook Express on every version of Windows on earth. My windows system did not auto magically install outlook, nor outlook express. > You get 6 includes for MSO, and only 5 includes on OOo. In the counting sequence I learned, Ten less one is equal to nine, not five. [You don't need the templates, but they do help in setting up those functions.] > you fail to recognize included software, You fail to accurately count. >you compare apples to oranges (Small Business Edition to the full version of OOo) Maybe I should compare it against the standard version of MSO? That has even fewer components. > including reference to software that is not affliated with, much less a part > of, OpenOffice.org. Strip out the components of MSO, that did not originate with Microsoft, and you have even fewer components than I listed. > included software, IE Outlook and Powerpoint, MSO wins in your little > experiment. If you How? Oh, I forgot, you do not know how to count. A) the functionality really isn't there, It means that you can do it, but instead of having a template as a starting point, you'll have to create it yourself. [Which should not be a problem to anybody who understands how to use those tools.] >That's ridiculous! That is a side effect of the decentralization of OOo addons. > If you want to make OOo look good, talk about its strengths, I realize that you have a marked inability to comprehend writing. But even you should have been able to read what I was writing. >like *PRICE* Price is a non-issue --- nothing gets sold on the basis of price alone. > point-for-point includes of functionality where MSO is the *clear* winner. Thanks for the demonstration that you did not learn the three r's. > (By going Pro with MSO, the number jumps from 6 to 8, IOW, OOo still beats MSO Pro. Thanks for the confirmation. >Corporate edition, it gets a perfect 10.) So you have to jump to a version of Office that is not normally found in offices, nor individual end users, to get something that has one function --- email --- more than I listed. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
