Cost of Office or WordPerfect?

Presently, a new version of OpenOffice 1.1.5 stable for Windows is being downloaded using AnalogX's BitPump. There are sites listed where you can download this super office suite in the 'normal' mode, but this is my first chance to use BitPump after downloading it over a month ago. BitPump is not the latest breaking newest whamma jamma bittorrent client, but it comes from an old reliable site that is trusted.

In the short time it has taken to create the above paragraph the download has completed and the new, free office suite is installed. This was an extremely fast download due, in part, to the time of day. If you are into downloading, the BitPump software worked perfectly. If you are a Microsoft Office or Corel Word Perfect user, OpenOffice should be easy to navigate. This was simple, very fast and not a bother. WinZip evaluation version was used to decompress the file. OpenOffice is cross-platform software that will run on Linux, Windows, Apple OSX and FreeBSD. Apple OS11 is NOT included, yet.

After creating an OpenOffice file on the hard drive, all files were extracted to this folder. Then the setup file was found and the installation was off and running. During the first few frames of setup the 'save documents as Word, Excel, Powerpoint boxes' were selected. HTML editor box was unchecked which is strictly personal preference. This is a simple install that is very clean. You can register now or later. No icons were created on the desktop, but it does auto install into the system tray which means it will run in the background. Turn this function off. It's a resource hog. Just launch it when needed instead of letting it eat up memory.

If you are not into downloading, bittorrent (BitPump) can wait. If you use office suite type software at least take a look at OpenOffice. Yes, this is a Sun Microsystems, Inc., product. If you have issues with them then don't bother. Just like Netscape is not the chosen weapon of some netizens, some folks just don't like Sun. Each to his own. This is an awesome product in my opinion; especially for those on a tight budget.

If you test drive this product your opinion will be appreciated. Please email me at cybersouth@gmail.com or click on the comments bar below. Have a casual Thursday.

"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience."
-Thoreau