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Sub $300 PC coming to Wal-Mart, bringing Open Office with it
Cheap commodity PCs aren't so much news as the are ubiqouitous. However, news that Wal-Mart is set to offer a cheap Windows PC with OpenOffice pre-installed could strike fear into the hearts of the Microsoft OFfice development team, already losing market share in minor ways to the open source competitor. Ars Technica reports that Wal-Mart will soon offer a $298 PC built by Everex which will come pre-loaded with the Open Office productivity suite, something geeks have been log recommending as an alternative to Microsoft's overpriced and bloated MS Office.
Anything that puts quality open source software in the hands of the great unwashed has to be a good thing, right?
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Subscribe to commentsruegrJul 19th 2007 9:29AM
The question is whether the machine will also include a trial version of MS Office, which perhaps is still set up as the default app for Word and Excel docs?
BryanJul 19th 2007 10:31AM
I'm not sure this hurts Microsoft Windows one bit. PC's in this price range (under $500) don't usually come with Office anyway. Users of PC's in this price range are usually more than happy with Microsoft Works.
srenehanJul 19th 2007 12:06PM
"Overpriced and bloated"
Ugh.
Lets get as much anti-MA-Office propaganda out there before people realize office 07 has single handedly reinvented the office suite and put all the other applications 5 years behind them again.
GeorgeJul 22nd 2007 4:01AM
Office 2007 is the best Office yet. The new ribbon interface and revamped features are well worth the money.
OpenOffice does not come close. Even the Student and Home edition of Office 2007 is well worth the money. While it does not have Access 2007 it does include OneNote, one of the coolest and more clever applications to be placed in the Office suite. "Overpriced and bloated"...bah! The last time I tried OpenOffice, it took minutes for the bloody to start. I may have gotten as far as typing some text in the 'word processor', but that's about it. You get what you pay for.