If you don’t want to shell out hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Word, Excel, and the other software bundled with Microsoft Office, I can point you towards a good alternative that doesn’t involve piracy.
Try Open Office, a bundle of open source software that has everything you need: a word processing program, spreadsheets, presentation software à la Powerpoint, and even a database application. It’s won awards and praise from the IT community. And best of all, it’s compatible with MS Office so you can share your documents with your colleagues and friends who are still making Bill Gates richer by buying his software.
[...] huge global team behind the Open Office suite of products will be holding their annual conference in Beijing, China this year. For the [...]
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April 27th, 2008