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The Google Alternative

Whoah, a few days before I posted about finding alternatives to Microsoft Office, Forbes published an article about Google offering StarOffice for FREE. Sure enough, if you go to Google’s handy Google Pack Downloader, StarOffice is listed under “other software.” The suite seems to closely mirror the OpenOffice pack, offering alternatives to the Microsoft […]

Open to Microsoft Alternatives

Non-profits should seriously consider using OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office.
OpenOffice.org is free software. It is open source. It is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats… most of the time.
All of the places I’ve worked have used Microsoft Office software. That suite of software products is familiar to most people who have ever […]