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Stan Beer
Monday, 06 November 2006 11:43
In fact, Open Office.org is not the only alternative Microsoft
Office. Sun Microsystems has its own version called Star Office 8,
which costs US$69.95. There are also a number of free web based office
productivity applications, such as Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Zoho
and a growing range of others.
For the past 12 years, Microsoft
has built its fortune on two key products - Windows and Office. Growth
in sales of both products has slowed to a crawl - particularly in the
case of Office.
PC users will be forced to pay a substantial
proportion of the cost of a new PC to run Microsoft's new operating
system Windows Vista. In that instance, users locked into Windows have
no viable choice but to pay up. However, the same thing cannot be said
for Office.
There are now plenty of choices for users who don't
want to spend big to run good office applications. Microsoft may well
find that in trying to convince users to pay exhorbitant prices for
highly commoditized office productivity tools that are available
elsewhere for free or a fraction of the cost, it may have met its
Waterloo.
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