“To help users sift through the choices, Linux.com is launching
a series of articles about software in these four categories. For
starters, we’ll dive into a sampling of five different
applications: OpenOffice.org Write; AbiWord; KWord; LYX, and
e:doc.“Open Source vs. Proprietary Word Processors
“One big advantage of open source word processors is that
they’re free. If you’ve grown accustomed to Windows PCs, you’ve
probably been paying for the Windows OS, along with MS Word and
other proprietary applications from Microsoft and its partners. But
if you go with an open source program like OpenOffice.org Write or
AbiWord, you won’t shell out a nickle.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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