MS Office

Difference between MS office and open office:

Difference	Microsoft Office	Open Office
Definition	Microsoft Office is a suite of different applications, servers and services such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc	Open Office is a suite of open-source office productivity software suite that contains word processor, spreadsheets, presentations, etc
Developer	Microsoft	StarDivision, later acquired by Sun Microsystems
Costs	Starts from US$20; prices may vary depending on version	Is a free software
Operating Systems	Supports Windows and Mac platforms	Supports almost all platforms including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, BSD, OpenVMS, OS/2 and IRIX
Interface	Office versions after 2007 included a ‘ribbon’ interface	The current version of Open Office is similar to the MS Office 2003
Support	Is developed professionally and if you have a licensed program you can receive professional support	Is an open software, a user can receive help from open forums online
Sharing	MS Office has the ability to share its documents; although a person who has Office 2003 may need to convert documents from 2007 and 2010 to 2003 format in order to read it	Open Office also allows users to share documents. However, a document created in Open Office will only be supported by MS Office 2003 versions
Components	Word, Excel, Outlook/Entourage, PowerPoint, Access, InfoPath, OneNote, Project, Publisher, SharePoint Workspace (formerly known as Groove), Visio, Office InterConnect, Office Picture Manager	Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw, Math

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