Is OpenOffice better than MS Office?

[Zafar Ahmed]

A few days back I was able to use OpenOffice on one of my friend's computer and I amazed to use that. I think it is the most beneficial free available application for such purposes. What you think, is it better in free or you shall purchase a MS Office suit?

[iGuides]

Originally Posted by Zafar Ahmed

A few days back I was able to use OpenOffice on one of my friend's computer and I amazed to use that. I think it is the most beneficial free available application for such purposes. What you think, is it better in free or you shall purchase a MS Office suit?

That sounds interesting, can you please mention those amazing and beneficial free features present in it?

[Zafar Ahmed]

Originally Posted by iGuides

That sounds interesting, can you please mention those amazing and beneficial free features present in it?

It has almost all the features which MS Office has but the biggest features is, It is free to use without spending a single cent.

[fear]

I would prefer MS office because its just cool, openoffice is also good.

[Zafar Ahmed]

Originally Posted by fear

I would prefer MS office because its just cool, openoffice is also good.

It is not offensive statement from me but I have noticed many people on many other forums as well like OpenOffice but they don't use it. This is something out of my mind that why people do so.

[nairbuoyevoli]

Originally Posted by Zafar Ahmed

A few days back I was able to use OpenOffice on one of my friend's computer and I amazed to use that. I think it is the most beneficial free available application for such purposes. What you think, is it better in free or you shall purchase a MS Office suit?

there are some application,that never found on open office.. so better to purchase one..

[Londoner]

I do not know if it is better - but I have had lots of troubles trying to open OpenOffice doc file with MS Office Word...

[hasan_889]

I'm a great fan of open source applications, but if i compare between MS Office and OpenOffice, provably I'll go for MS Office. Though I know OP is free, offers lot of features, but it's not strong enough to fight against MS Office.

[deadsoul]

Well give me a break. The fact is open office is free and more powerful than MS office which makes it better options. I am not sure about new releases of the MS office but have you tried to publish PDF(talking about one option only) direct from word document without any additional plugin. I was working for onr of the service centre for MS but now I am SUN admin. So if you look from my view (as I have seen more than user's view), You will find Open Office more user friendly and packed with more features.

[AbhishekDaaga]

for a Web Application i think OpenOffice is really cool ! but for offline use one needs to buy MS Office.. and moreover i dont see people buying genuine versions of MS Office