| Microsoft Office is an incredibly powerful program with | | | | OpenOffice.org's numerous projects. The community |
| many great features. It's also expensive to buy or | | | | comes together at to develop, support, and promote |
| even upgrade. For example, one well-known web site | | | | the use of OpenOffice.org.What do you get for |
| has Microsoft Office 2003 Standard for $369.40 and | | | | free?OpenOffice.org has historically consisted for a |
| 2003 Professional for $469.00. Even the Office | | | | word processor, a multimedia presentation program, a |
| Standard 2003 Upgrade Version lists for | | | | draw program and a spreadsheet program, In October, |
| $226.80However, there's a great alternative available | | | | OpenOffice.org released a long-awaited version 2.0 |
| called OpenOffice 2.0. It has nearly all the same | | | | for Windows, Mac and Linux, adding a new database |
| features and functionality as MS Office but costs a lot | | | | module, support for the OpenDocument file format, a |
| less. In fact, it's free.OpenOffice.org is both a | | | | fresh user interface, and plenty of other |
| fully-featured office suite compatible with leading office | | | | improvements.But the license is still the same. You can |
| products, and a virtual community working through | | | | download OpenOffice.org Version 2. |