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Free Software Takes on Microsoft Office

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“Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying
for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony —
a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business
Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com).

“It performs work for which he used to rely on Microsoft Corp’s
Word word processor, Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation
builder, all components of the Microsoft Office software
suite…”


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