About 13 years back Mosaic Communications Corporation introduced the first web browser called Mosaic which was later renamed Netscape Navigator. Soon enough the software giant (Microsoft) introduced Internet Explorer, a free alternative, as a part of the Windows95 package. Internet Explorer's subsequent versions gained popularity and its market share grew from 20% in 1996 to 96% in 2002. Moral of the story, if you have a comparable alternative which is available for FREE, it's not hard for people make a choice.
Now Microsoft is making the same mistake by charing $150 for an office pro package. And just like old times, we have lots of free options that can cater to the needs of 90% of people out there.
Here are a few options that I've explored lately which have proven to be extremely useful, especially for sharing documents with others.
Wrietly Word Processor (Acquired by Google)
Numsum Spreadsheets
iRows Spreadsheets (Acquired by Google)
Writeboard Text Documents
Stikkit Sticky Notes
Zoho Office Suite
Thinkfree Microsoft compatible office platform
Zimbra Office collaboration Suite
Openoffice Open source office
Now that justice has been served, no one can ever again charge us a dime for office applications!
Stay healthy, Stay free!!!
Just like every other year, time has come again for me to make yet another resolution. This time, if not for myself, atleast for the viewers who come here just to get disappointed not to see anything new everytime they come here. So, I make a resolution to ... try to ... make an honest attempt ... try my best ... you know what I mean, to keep this page up to date with new thoughts and visions. Happy New Year !!!
