ZDNet UK: Rivals Line Up to Take on Office

“Microsoft has long dominated the productivity software
market–a category that typically includes a word processor, a
spreadsheet and presentation programs–with Office.

“But the field has attracted fresh competition lately, with Sun
Microsystems and Corel pushing their respective StarOffice and
WordPerfect franchises as low-cost alternatives to Microsoft.
OpenOffice, an open-source offshoot of StarOffice, is also gaining
ground, particularly among government and international
buyers…”

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