Use Free Office Productivity Software

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Use Free Office Productivity Software

“Instead of costly productivity tool applications from Microsoft, use equivalent free tools.  Google offers free versions of email, word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications.  Sun offers a suite of free productivity tools called the OpenOffice Suite, including a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application.  Mozilla offers a free email client, Thunderbird, which does most of the things Microsoft Outlook does.”

Keith Klundt, Orange Soda, @OrangeSoda

I switched to Gmail from Outlook two years ago and have never looked back. Which applications from Google do you most often use? If you’re still purchasing productivity tools, what keeps you from switching?

Courtesy of Small Business Trends