Alternatives to High Priced Solutions
Microsoft Office bundles range from $150 to $450. Windows XP and Vista operating systems range from $90 to $250. Here is an alternate solution to the software price crunch.
Try OpenOffice.org as a replacement to Microsoft Office. It is an open source office suite including a spreadsheets, word processing, database maintenance, presentations, graphics and more. The great part is that it is distributed under the open source license, which means it is 100% free. Check it out at www.openoffice.org.
Try Ubuntu as a replacement for your operating system needs. Ubuntu is an operating system based off of Linux and is also distributed under the open source license. Check it out at www.ubuntu.com.
Want more open source solutions? Check out www.sourceforge.net for tons of open source projects created by programmers that believe that software should be free. Remember that if you use an open source product a lot, it is always courteous to offer donations to the cause.
Use of open source solutions limits your support options as most of the software is self-support only. Also it may not run under Windows unless it is specified.
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