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Office applications Toolkit

Story: Alternatives to Microsoft Office

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Posted by: harpless (Friday 15 February 2008, 5:37 PM)

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Competition is good!

Right now Microsoft are ahead maybe because they've had over 10 years to perfect their Office suite. now, the internet makes it possible for competitors to operate at low budgets.
Right now Microsoft can afford to charge us close to £500 for a disc, who'll pay that in the future when you can get Open Office and others for free?

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