Microsoft Office 2007 versus Everybody - Part I: Introduction

Back when I was a kid, my brother and I played a lot of basketball in our backyard where we had a hoop. We loved basketball (still do)! And not to be haughty, we were pretty good ballas growing up; and sometimes our competition wasn't always equal to our abilities. In those cases, one of us would usually say something like, "Me and my brother will take on you three (or four)!" Stepping up to a challenge like that is a thrilling experience, and winning those challenges made it even better - which, by the way, we did more than we lost.

I think Microsoft Office finds itself in the same situation, only not by choice. You'll find several articles and blogs on the Internet preaching how the OpenOffice.org suite is just as good as MS Office, plus it's free. I've actually tried it, and I must say that it is a very good product; and I certainly would recommend ... but only if MS Office isn't an option for you. 

There are other very interesting alternatives challenging MS Office - like ajaxWrite, a free web-based application that functions just like MS Word. And if you Google the term "microsoft office alternatives", you'll find many more ways not to use MS Office. But in case you haven't figured out by now, I think MS Office reigns supreme as the best office productivity software on the planet. And after seeing a preview of Microsoft Office 2007 and reading up on it, there should be no question which office suite is the best.

In this series of posts, I will write about what the "MS Office haters" are saying and why I disagree, features of MS Office 2007, and mostly why the benefits of other alternatives aren't good enough to switch from MS Office. To be honest, I don't know how many parts this will take; I guess I'll stop when I think I've made my point.

See you on the court.