Microsoft Admits OpenOffice.org Is a Contender

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Microsoft has unwittingly admitted that OpenOffice.org is a rival, by launching a three-minute video of customers explaining why they switched to Microsoft Office from OpenOffice.org. Glyn Moody writes: 'You don't compare a rival's product with your own if it is not comparable. And you don't make this kind of attack video unless you are really, really worried about the growing success of a competitor. [Microsoft] has now clearly announced that OpenOffice.org is a serious rival to Microsoft Office, and should be seriously considered by anyone using the latter.'"

Re:I predict more are going to jump ship from Micr

[Vectormatic]

you'll be happy to know that riding a motorcycle is about as close as you can come to riding a kids trycicle.. at least AFAI can tell, never had a trycicle as a kid..

but yeah, the step from office 2k/2k3 to OO is much smaller then to the new ribbon shit in 2k7

Re:I predict more are going to jump ship from Micr

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Thanks to the Ribbon interface I spend much more time in the Microsoft Office products. It has never been easier to search for the tools that I've been using for over 10 years thanks to the new Ribbon interface. I just keep selecting tabs until I find the thing I was looking for. And it only took me half an hour to figure out what the Office Button was and that it was hiding operations like save as and print preview.

Re:I predict more are going to jump ship from Micr

[Maxo-Texas]

Your target is 500 meters away, turn slightly left.
Your target is 100 meters away, turn slightly up and left.
recalculating...
Your target is 700 meters behind you, make a uturn and proceed west.