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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 381093" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>You don't HAVE to use Microsoft software. For basic office suite stuff:</p><p></p><p>NeoOffice (lots of love for this earlier in the thread) is a good suite, and reasonably compatible with MS-Office, but like MS-Office, it is big and slow. </p><p></p><p>For MS-Word alternatives, consider Abiword, which is a very fast and capable MS-Word replacement. See <a href="http://www.abisource.com" target="_blank">www.abisource.com</a>. Abiword is small, fast and can read/write .doc files. </p><p></p><p>You may also wish to consider a web based approach to Office suites. Two notables:</p><p>1/ The new Google Apps package for doc/spreadsheet</p><p></p><p>2/ Thinkfree Office (<a href="http://www.thinkfree.com" target="_blank">www.thinkfree.com</a>) which is a free web based suite.</p><p></p><p>Now, for Outlook replacements, consider the following:</p><p></p><p>Evolution: <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/" target="_blank">http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/</a></p><p></p><p>Daylite: <a href="http://www.marketcircle.com/google/MC_groupware_G.html?from=adwords&interest=groupware" target="_blank">http://www.marketcircle.com/google/MC_groupware_G.html?from=adwords&interest=groupware</a></p><p></p><p>Zimbra: <a href="http://www.zimbra.com/products/" target="_blank">http://www.zimbra.com/products/</a></p><p></p><p>As you can see, lots of choice!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 381093, member: 17052"] You don't HAVE to use Microsoft software. For basic office suite stuff: NeoOffice (lots of love for this earlier in the thread) is a good suite, and reasonably compatible with MS-Office, but like MS-Office, it is big and slow. For MS-Word alternatives, consider Abiword, which is a very fast and capable MS-Word replacement. See [url]www.abisource.com[/url]. Abiword is small, fast and can read/write .doc files. You may also wish to consider a web based approach to Office suites. Two notables: 1/ The new Google Apps package for doc/spreadsheet 2/ Thinkfree Office ([url]www.thinkfree.com[/url]) which is a free web based suite. Now, for Outlook replacements, consider the following: Evolution: [url]http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/[/url] Daylite: [url]http://www.marketcircle.com/google/MC_groupware_G.html?from=adwords&interest=groupware[/url] Zimbra: [url]http://www.zimbra.com/products/[/url] As you can see, lots of choice!! [/QUOTE]
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