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Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
Commentary: Yes, you do have alternatives. But the differences between WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org's Writer, and MS Word are very minor. Let me explain why you might--or might not--want to switch.
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