“eWEEK Labs often hears IT managers express a desire to loosen
Microsoft Corp.’s grip on the office productivity market by
deploying alternative office suites. The continuing maturation of
open-source office applications, along with the fact that these
applications have no licensing fees, makes such a move increasingly
attractive—but not for all companies.“Open-source office suites such as the OpenOffice.org project’s
OpenOffice.org have the best chance of eroding Microsoft’s
stronghold in small and midsize businesses, where paying licensing
fees for Office may not make financial sense…”
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