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AbiWord: The Underappreciated Word Processor

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Network effects being what they are, OpenOffice.org tends to suck all the oxygen out of the room when talking about open source productivity applications. But OpenOffice.org isn’t the only game in town for open source word processing. One of the … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice.org vs. Google Docs

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Microsoft is getting ready to ship Office 2010, but a lot of small businesses realize they don’t need all the features (or licensing costs) that come with Microsoft Office. The front-runners for Office replacements are OpenOffice.org and Google Docs, but … Continue reading →

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Why Google Docs won’t replace OpenOffice.org anytime soon…

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

The other day I used Google Docs with a colleague to hash out a project, and I was really digging Google Docs at the time — thinking “man, this totally blows fat client software away,” because we could both update … Continue reading →

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