Comments on: Don't Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/ Fri, 25 May 2012 10:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive ThinkFree’s New Netbook Suite: How to Get it Free « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66041 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66041 [...] is running. I’ve written about the ThinkFree Office suite of productivity applications before here. ThinkFree’s Office applications are similar to the ones offered in Microsoft Office, and can [...]

]]> By: Corey http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66040 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:54:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66040 “…give Lotus Symphony a try,” that is. :)

]]> By: Corey http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66039 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:53:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66039 OpenOffice and other users who prefer working offline might want to give Lotus Symphony. Currently it’s a free download for Windows and Linux users.

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative « « [ ! ] The Sugarbuzz Project http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66038 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:35:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66038 [...] Web Worker Daily » Archive Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative « Filed under: Computers and Networking, Open Source, Software — Tags: alternatives, free, free download, microsoft, microsoft sucks, ms office, open office, Open Source — wwstewart @ 2:35 am Web Worker Daily » Archive Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative « [...]

]]> By: wwstewart http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66037 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:42:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66037 I will have to check into ThinkFree…right now I’m hooked on OpenOffice (for the heavy-duty stuff) or AbiWord (if I just need to throw together a quick page or two).

And sometimes I break out with the Notepad+.

Yep. Notepad+. Great for editing HTML…MY way.

And then there’s the whole WordPress thing. Although it’s not technically an office program, I do more ‘typed communication’ stuff with it than any other software package.

]]> By: Jim Stemos http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66036 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:24:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66036 Great blog, have you checked out Projity ? There are SaaS and desktop replacements of Microsoft Project. It turns out Microsoft Project is part of the Office family of products and is installed on 7% of all Office desktops. Project has a retail price of $1,000 which makes it the highest profit margin product for Microsoft and drives over $1 billion in revenue for Redmond.

Projity has a SaaS solution called Project-ON-Demand that is $19.99/month. It is complete replacement of Project and available in a browser anytime/anyplace on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. This is a tremendous benefit over Project which is constrained and only on Windows. Project-ON-Demand even opens native Microsoft file formats so migrating is immediate. There are free trials that take under a minute to set-up.

There is also a desktop product called OpenProj. This has been downloaded over 150,000 times in the two months since release. OpenProj is also available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. It is completely free and commoditizes the Microsoft Project business on the desktop. OpenProj is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian or Chinese.

If you have not checked out the Projity site it is recommended. The forecast is 7-11 million users will be using OpenProj instead of Microsoft.

]]> By: gabber » Blog Archive » Free “office” applications - online http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66035 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:12:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66035 [...] http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/ [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Zoho Writer Lets You Edit Documents Offline « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66034 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:24:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66034 [...] Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative [...]

]]> By: Helge http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66033 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:28:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/23/dont-want-to-shell-out-for-ms-office-get-a-free-alternative/#comment-66033 Softmaker (http://www.softmaker.com/english/) makes a very nice office suite as well. Fast, sensible feature-set and much cheaper than MS office.

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