I disagree. I have tried using lots of other office software like OO, more lightweight text writing apps, and of course online apps like Google Docs. In the end

I disagree. I have tried using lots of other office software like OO, more lightweight text writing apps, and of course online apps like Google Docs. In the end I'm back to using MS Office (both on my primary Macbook and the secondary WinXP), even without the interoperability issues it still easily beats all other solutions. Also, as another commenter noted, if they can get them $10-100/yr, there's really not much to think about. The truth is, Office software is hard, and even though the MS product has a lot of suck, the others are much worse. Finally, the new 2010 version of MS Office actually really good.