The most obvious one first: OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office OpenOffice.org (OOo) is not a clone of Microsoft Office (MSO). Things don’t work exactly the same, and no-one can guarantee 100% compatibility between the two programs, but for most users OOo will do everything they will ever want and more. It actually gives you more […]

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I’m not going to denigrate paid-for software. In fact I think there are some commercially available programs that are well worth the money. However, I think it is unfortunate when unsuspecting users are given trial versions of software pre-installed on their computer and, when the trial runs out, don’t realize that there is an alternative […]

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