Monday, November 07, 2005

OpenOffice is a suite price

Caught in the Web
Don't give Bill Gates any money
OpenOffice is a suite price

www.open office.org

This column first raved about OpenOffice almost five years ago. Now as the project celebrates its fifth anniversary the full 2.0 version of the free, full-featured office suite is available and it looks better than ever. Supported mainly by Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice gives you everything youd expect from Microsoft Office and then some. It comes with its own equivalent of Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel, as well as separate programs for graphics and math calculations. As always, it is cross-platform compatible whether youre using Windows, Mac, Linux or Solaris and import and convert documents from Word, Word Perfect and other programs and formats. Best of all you can download it for free ideal for anyone on a budget or who just resents making Bill Gates even richer. More than 50 million users cant be wrong but some reviewers claim that OpenOffice is too bloated and can be a serious drain on your PCs resources. For free, what do you have to lose


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