Who Can Take on Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows

Who can Take On Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows

Subtitle: Ubuntu, Open Office, IBM Symphony, Projity, and Google Applications Think the Time is Ripe to Dethrone Microsoft.

By GauravBhola, MSM

The Microsoft monopoly has been in full throttle for years, too many years. Many software came and went, many seemed promising like the beautiful Lotus Smart Suite. Many consumers and experts concur that this was the best office suite package ever. Alas, it wasn't meant to last as MS oFFICE was the dominant force on desktops, a strangle hold engendered by exclusive agreements with hardware desktop makers.

Now those same companies are lamenting their complicity in making Microsoft the monopoly it is today. If they hadn't given the sole space on their desktops to Microsoft, then the current productive office suite landscape would be different.

Now IBM, amongst others are attempting to seek redemption by promoting Free of Charge Ubuntu, Symphony, and Sun Microsystems's Open Office, etc. Please find information about each:

Ubuntu
What does the Ubuntu mean: "African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are."

Ubuntu is an operating system like Microsoft Windows that is can be placed on laptops, desktops and servers. It has all the applications you desire such as, word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, email, note-taking, photo editor, music and video.

Watch this great Microsoft Vista versus Ubuntu video.

Open Office
It is full personal productivity application suite that is a competitor of MS Office. It is a derivative of Sun Microsystems's Star Office suite. Open Office includes a word processor, draw, spreadsheet, database, mathematical function creator, and a presentation tool.