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"Too bad MS Office is the only office suite around. Corporations could use an alternative right about now...."

i hope youre being sarcastic... lol.
just in case youre not, try openoffice.org or star office (i think thats what its called), or other open source alternatives that have been out for a while.
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VVW  Robert Crocker | 10/24/05
Yep  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
You must be that ...  ShadeTree | 10/24/05
not to mention...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
But the poster known as "No One" doesn't care  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
Beta 1 of Office 12 was demonstrated at ...  ShadeTree | 10/24/05
and just because...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
So when you used it  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
So tell us how it failed for you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
Then why does the story say...  Robert Crocker | 10/24/05
saving data on a central server  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Sun beat you too it  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
So show us your Office Suite that does it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
Actually the Dog Food bits do it now.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
What the...  nucrash | 10/24/05
Re: What the ...  Otto_Delete | 10/24/05
really, huh?  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Valuable new feature  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/05
all-new???  dwest_z | 10/24/05
uuuhhhhh...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
"Alternatives?"  ThunderbuckYT | 10/24/05
oh, i meant...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Sure you can get it for free  Gravitas@... | 10/24/05
RE: all-new???  DSLGuru | 10/24/05
All new? Not quite, but...  ThunderbuckYT | 10/24/05
TCO advantage  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/05
as opposed...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Everything within Office.  Anton Philidor | 10/24/05
Screwed  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/05
Microsoft:Never let Your "Opponent" Know The Rules  cuchullain | 10/24/05
Microsoft:Never let Your "Opponent" Know The Rules  jvg | 10/24/05
Tic Toc  mnoon | 10/25/05
Who let the idiot out of the closet?  Dr_Zinj | 10/24/05
i think i figured it out...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Super Tribute  frabjous | 10/24/05
It isn't new to use New  Gravitas@... | 10/24/05
Because...  mxyzyptylk@... | 10/24/05
yeah!  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
Too good  frabjous | 10/24/05
i think  glocks out | 10/24/05
well, now that Star/Open Office are catching up they need  michael_t | 10/24/05
Finally, we get past the chaff and the hanging  jlanders@... | 10/25/05
Who let the idiot out of the closet?  byter_z | 10/24/05
Well, now you get a "12" on the box of software that does it(eom)  Mateo_LeFou | 10/27/05
For all who don't have a clue...  Confused by religion | 10/24/05
you mean like...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
You must be a horrible admin  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
You must be a horrible admin  byter_z | 10/24/05
Bull puppy ... Server Crashes are for Amateurs  PMC-CON | 10/25/05
You dont get it  Jeff the god of biscuits | 10/24/05
You forgot this is Zdnet  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
Nice one!  Gravitas@... | 10/24/05
Let's Talk Realitas ...  PMC-CON | 10/25/05
MS bashers enjoy being clueless.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
problem is noax there aren't any facts  hipparchus2001 | 10/24/05
I hardly ever see you guys pony up  Mark Miller | 10/24/05
I suspect you're right  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/05
I use windows, osx and linux  hipparchus2001 | 10/24/05
Go look at it then  Mark Miller | 10/24/05
ANd you are bitter 'cause that's EXCLUSIVELY your properrty? It's OK  michael_t | 10/24/05
Where'd You Get That PhD Again?  PMC-CON | 10/25/05
Yet Another MS Office-Server Play  PMC-CON | 10/25/05
why can't you use a SQL query to a database?  hipparchus2001 | 10/24/05
Funny, I called it WebDAV  Robert Crocker | 10/24/05
Now that MS cannot keep the FAT client locked down  michael_t | 10/24/05
What no thesis?  Jeff the god of biscuits | 10/24/05
Do you KNOW these people?  benning | 10/24/05
Okay, so what makes this "pretty cool"?  el1jones | 10/25/05
Oh!!! Did they copy OOPS for OS/2 (from 10 years ago)?  Update victim | 10/31/05
Why doesn't anyone but me  James Dean_z | 10/24/05
some of you...  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
I do too  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
Capt. Obvious gets a gold star by his name  Jeff the god of biscuits | 10/24/05
Not even close  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/05
new office suite 12 etc.  rgourlay@... | 10/24/05
LinuxoverWindows Needs a Hobby  ojaxson | 10/24/05
No kidding, s/he accounts for 1/3 of the posts  Jeff the god of biscuits | 10/24/05
my hobby is windows  linuxoverwindows | 10/24/05
OMG, this is the tech support person  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
One that can't seem to manage a single MS server.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/24/05
More points of failure  voice_of_all_reason | 10/24/05
Your choice - Server or Data Grid  Roger Ramjet | 10/24/05
Not the same as a file share...  justthinking | 10/24/05
do you know what you're talking about?  hipparchus2001 | 10/24/05
OK, so Excel is now a database?  Fred Fredrickson | 10/24/05
Wonderful!  jolumoar | 10/24/05
How about  beaner1111@... | 10/24/05
Well...  frabjous | 10/24/05
the crux  hipparchus2001 | 10/24/05
No  Sheeva | 10/24/05
You will all buy Office 12  Derek Perrault | 10/24/05
You could move to Massachusetts  Boot_Agnostic | 10/24/05
The FAT client remains FAT but STILL your data is ELSEWHERE  michael_t | 10/24/05
Server-based EXEL Services  john616 | 10/24/05
Hello  chiranjeev | 10/24/05
Missed the point  plumnilly | 10/25/05
Why then does anybody even buy products  Boot_Agnostic | 10/25/05
Oracle + Ethics? Sun = Ethics? Novell = Ethics?  PMC-CON | 10/25/05

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