I tried to be a part of the "Open Office" crowd, but the product is merely too limiting. I found it had too many performance problems and was a major memory hog. I was very disappointed with Open Office. As a result, I think that money paid for MS Office more than offsets the cost of the product and its install. I have found that if your business looks at IT as a cost center, its time to look for a new job.
I tried to be a part of the "Open Office" crowd, but the product is merely too limiting. I found it had too many performance problems and was a major memory hog. I was very disappointed with Open Office. As a result, I think that money paid for MS Office more than offsets the cost of the product and its install. I have found that if your business looks at IT as a cost center, its time to look for a new job.