| A Free Microsoft Office Clone? | | | | to be asked why are we paying $399 and for paid |
| By: OPEN2XL | | | | upgrade after upgrade? There is no longer any need |
| If your budget is limited and you need a full features | | | | to do so; it is now only a choice. When I let people |
| Office suite, we know of one that has got | | | | know about Open Office people have two reactions, |
| everything you might conceivably need. The deeper | | | | absolute joy or utter disbelief. It is hard to come to |
| question, is whether anyone will ever need all of | | | | grips in todays consumer driven world that there is |
| these features. It's nice to know that a FREE Office | | | | free solutions out there that meet in some aspects |
| Suite of applications has probably more to it than you | | | | exceed the paid for solutions. For more information |
| will actually need or use. The Office Suite is called | | | | simply go to Google and type in OPEN2XL. |
| Open Office. It is a free open source office suite | | | | There also is the segment of computer users, even |
| that is taking on Microsoft Office head to head. It is | | | | small business that have had to resort to using |
| dubbed the Microsoft Office Clone as it will let you | | | | multiple installations of a single copy. Most people just |
| read, print, write, edit and save in all the native | | | | cannot afford to pay all that dough for the tools that |
| Microsoft Office formats! Can you imagine? | | | | they need and honestly see any other way. |
| Some say about Microsoft Office, who would ever | | | | Open Office (The Free Microsoft Office Clone) is |
| need all that stuff. It may be true that one person | | | | helping many people and small businesses to be |
| could never use everything that is included in todays | | | | liberated from their (illegal copies) of Microsoft Office. |
| modern Office Suite applications. What is not | | | | Since The free Microsoft Office clone can read, print, |
| common is to get all of them for free! People it | | | | write, edit and save in native Microsoft office |
| seems would be more inclined to pay $399 for | | | | formats there is no need to keep illegally copied |
| Microsoft Office Professional because it does have | | | | office suites on computers any longer. It is hard for |
| everything, including all the stuff you may never use. | | | | one to not have Microsoft office when at the time |
| Does that really make it worth $399? I don't think | | | | of this writing 90% of word possessing is done on |
| so, as does not several thousand of other users and | | | | Microsoft Office and one needs it to read, print, |
| business alike. Even such big business as: | | | | write, edit, and save in Microsoft Office formats. Not |
| Boeing | | | | being able to accept Word Documents or Excel files |
| Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) | | | | is tough in deed, especially if you are a small |
| Sun Microsystems | | | | businesses! With Open Office the Free Microsoft |
| The Australian Phone Company | | | | Office Clone you do not need Microsoft Office (legal |
| The U.S. Department of Defense | | | | or otherwise) to be able to receive and create Word, |
| The entire municipal government for the city of | | | | Excel, Power Point, and Front Page documents. |
| Munich (Germany) | | | | What more can I say? |
| That is nothing to sneeze at. When the big corporate | | | | I think I will close this article with this question: Why |
| giants start leaving Microsoft Office for an Open | | | | would you keep on paying hundreds of Dollars for |
| Source, Microsoft Office Clone you have got to | | | | Microsoft Office when you can get a free Microsoft |
| know that this Office Suite is no Joke. It also begs | | | | Office Clone? |