Kent

Does Open Office have something akin to Tracked Changes to show revisions in documents? - Kent

Yes. Read this for how to perform similar tasks as in Word: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO... - Otto

How is OO mutually exclusive from Google Docs? I can upload my OO docs (now I use StarOffice) to GD straight from the application. My husband can open it up and edit them in Word on his computer. - Anika

I agree and I don't - it has been ignored and in need of updates for some time, and they're only making these claims IMHO because they're about to get killed by a new version of Office. But if they did put more time into it, it would definitely be a real competitor. - Ciaoenrico

I too, use a combination of Google Docs, Open Office, and also Dropbox. I can't justify MS Office, too much money for too much eye candy, and it doesn't run on Linux either. - Ian May

Thanks. I think I'll give OO a try while I wait for Docs to catch up. Anika, I'll probably use them together. For me, coming from decades of Office use, it's probably just a psychological desire to have one word processing program. But it sounds like OO and Docs work well together, so that's probably where I'll end up. - Kent

I liked OO, but it was super frustrating that some basic things (resizing photos in a doc, for one) were nearly impossible. StarOffice is MUCH better and closer to MS Office. - Anika

Enrico, I think you're exactly right. Clearly Google is focusing on Apps (which I use extensively)- with the Don Dodge deal, etc. Apps have great potential, but there's a lot of work to be done, both superficially and under the hood. Google can win the apps race, but it will take more coding and less vapor. - Kent