PreviousMonday 28 March 2005, 9:05 PM
A good, FREE, alternative to MS Office
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SOFTWARE REVIEW
OpenOffice.org 1.1 review
Overview
OpenOffice.org 1.1
- Editors rating
8.0
Verdict
This feature-rich, flexible and, above all, free office suite is much more than a refuge for the anti-Microsoft tendency. It works, it’s reliable and it’s useful.
Typical price
Free
Featured Talkback
Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?
By: J.A. Watson
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