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Story: Alternatives to Microsoft Office

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I have to agree with the previous comment. Both StarOffice and OpenOffice.org can work with MS documents as well as (and better than most) other office suites. The only things that do not translate well are macros (which is really a benefit, IMHO, considering the various macro viruses that plague Office) and some complex formatting. Furthermore...why is MS Office compatibility the standard, anyway? You could just as easily say "Microsoft Office is essentially crippled because it does not import WordPerfect documents well, and does not import StarOffice and OpenOffice.org documents at all." Given the outrageous price of Office, the onerous licensing, and its vulnerablity to malicious scripting and code, MS Office seems to be the worst possible choice of the options given. Is your reviewer on the Microsoft payroll or WHAT?

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