06-09-2009, 09:06 AM
quote:Devany,
Dave, are google aps free? Do you use them online and then save the docs?
Yes, Google Apps are free to use and you use them online and then save the docs. Google also gives you free storage. This is the way things are going these days. Especially for students who can't afford a whole lot of expensive software. They are getting these new "Netbooks" which are really small notebooks. They have a very small hard drive and are designed mostly for use on the Internet where you can do all of your homework and save it all online. No need for a hard drive that can crash when you can save it all online. Same with e-mail.
As far as OpenOffice is concerned I am not sure if anyone remembers back far enough when OpenOffice was a piece of crap. It is written entirely in Java and until just a few short years ago Java was not terribly stable. The fact that OpenOffice works and does not crash anymore is a good thing. The issue with OpenOffice is that as an open source software it is only as good as the developers who support it for free. And as it is now supported by a company in financial trouble just a few months ago, don't be surprised if support for it gets dropped at some time in the future.
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