informIT: Marcel’s Linux Walkabout: Extra! Extra!

“As time goes on, there seems to be more transitional software
in the Linux world. Transition software is a personal description
alluding to packages that are available for Linux as well as
Windows. They are transitional in the sense that Windows users can
take advantage of the benefits of that software while continuing to
run Windows. When these users finally decide that the time has come
to move to Linux, they will feel right at home with the package in
question. For example, there’s GAIM for instant messaging and
Mozilla for Web surfing and email. The list doesn’t stop there, but
the most important office application of them all continues to be
the office suite, an uber-package comprised of a word processor,
spreadsheet, and presentation graphics package. That’s where
OpenOffice.org enters the picture.

“OpenOffice.org is a fantastic office suite and a superb
replacement for Microsoft Office. For the price of a download, you
or your company can have a professional, full-featured office suite
that is virtually 100 percent-compatible with Microsoft Office
documents (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for hundreds of dollars
less. How much less, you ask? Did I mention that OpenOffice is
free…?”

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