Predictions for the coming year!

Hey,did I write about this earlier...I no longer use MS Office suiteIf you don't know there exists an alternative to it. Open Office!!! Believe me its worth givign a try and what's good is that it's free... Now you have to buy the products or go for pirated products(which is obviously evil!-dont mind I am now-a-days somewhat into the converstaion between Good and Evil!). Try using it.Free download availabe at OpenOfice.org.

What's the best thing I like about OpenOffice is the ODF(open doucument format type)...which means that it could be edited by any product vendor compiling to the open ISO standards.It also allows to save files in the MS format for the people who are religiously adhered to MS products(which are by no standards less-expect if you forget its inability to let you save in the ODF format).The number of downloads of OpenOffice which are increasing clearly shows that OpenOffice will become very popular in a short time. Now here are the predictions for the coming year-

• PC manufacturers will put OpenOffice on their machines.
• OpenOffice downloads will grow by 50%.
• The ODF format will be supported by Microsoft products after continuing industry support.

Whether or not these predictions come true only time will tell. Till then all you fellas just go and try the OpenOffice...Believe me it will not be a bad experince.The comparison for me goes here- In MS Office you pay and get and use it the way Microsoft likes.But in OpenOffice,you do not pay but get and use the way you like.Today the customer knows he is the king-no one needs to tell him!