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The Royal Gazette: OpenOffice: Breaking Microsoft’s Dominance

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 2006

“I am writing this article using Writer, part of the slick new
OpenOffice.org suite, which by the way is free and now rivals
Microsoft Office in terms of features.

“Microsoft charges about $499 list for its product suite, which
includes Word, Exel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, and Access if you buy
the professional version. OpenOffice.org works just as well, has
more or less the same abilities, and can both read and save to
Microsoft formats…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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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