Matt13.com decided to compare the performance of OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 and Microsoft Office 2003. This isn’t just a quip piece, lots of good details about what made him compare the two like this:

As I read more and more about Open Source Software (OSS), I thought that I should give OO.o a try for a few reasons. The number one reason being that I am tired of waiting 30 seconds for Word to load just to spellcheck a blog entry.

He runs open (unscientific) tests measuring the time and finds the average open time of Writer nearly 66% faster than Word 2003 on average. Scoble, here’s one to take over to the Office team and interview them about with the Channel 9 camera. Will Longhorn do anything about improving this efficiency?

Perhaps a counterpoint comparison could be made showing some super complex document that Word 2003 performed better? You can’t ink in Writer, there’s one downside, I can think of (for tablet users, anyway).

I just wrote last week about features vs. usability. Another excellent example. Nice work, Matt.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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