Information Research Weblog

Microsoft's battle with the State of Massachusetts seems to have raised interest, yet again, in the open source alternatives to the Office suite of programs. Newsfactor Magazine Online, which I hadn't come acros before, has an article, Can Open Source Defeat Microsoft?, which discusses some of the Windows and Unix/Linux alternatives. The answer to the question appears to be, 'Not yet', with the alternatives still lacking some of the features used by disabled persons, for example. However, the battle is hotting up, with the cost of office software being driven down to zero through open source.