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He's right. All computers should come with a fully functional word processor and spreadsheet and these should be free. This is simply common-sense. Let Microso
by Craiggybear 15y ago
He's right. All computers should come with a fully functional word processor and spreadsheet and these should be free.
This is simply common-sense. Let Microsoft compete for a change.
- protomyth 15y agoIf Microsoft gave Office away with Windows there would be a bit of litigation showing up at their door.
- Craiggybear 15y agoSimply suggesting if Microsoft want to sell Office they should make it an attractive proposition to part with cash.
- protomyth 15y agoI'm not a big Microsoft fan, but Office - as bought by companies and governments - in quantity is a pretty attractive proposition. It costs a reasonable amount of money, has well defined deployment, and has training and certifications aplenty. None of the open source alternatives come close to the total package. I wish they did, but it just isn't so.
- Derbasti 15y agoTo be fair, WordPad (Windows) and TextEdit (Mac) do come bundled with the OS and are perfectly usable as word processors (RTF style). I'm not saying that they approach the feature set of MS Office, OpenOffice, LibreOffice or iWork, but for writing a letter or two they are perfectly reasonable.