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Monday, 16 September 2013

Suddenly, Everyone's Looking to Leave Microsoft Office.

Posted on 12:10 by Unknown
Several days ago, I ran across this article:
Quip Is Bringing The Word-Processing Era To Its End – ReadWrite

Last week, Apple announced that iWork would be free.

Yesterday, I laid out a case why one needs to be preparing to leave both Microsoft and Apple in:
This Week, Apple and Microsoft Self-Destruct; Looking to the Future: Chrome Apps, Android and more.

The first step I encourage is to stop using Microsoft Office (or Apple's iWork), pointing to this resource on my blog (published back in February):
Alternatives to Microsoft Office


Well, imagine my amusement when I was going through the news today and saw these:

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