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You might be willing to believe that you can get a complete operating system for no cost. You might even be able to accept that this offers everything Windows does and much more. But one stumbling block many people have is in believing a Microsoft Office-compatible office suite comes as part of the zero-cost bundle. It’s a step too far. Office costs hundreds of dollars—are they expecting us to believe that there’s a rival product that is free?
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(2007). Making the Move to OpenOffice.org. In: Beginning Ubuntu Linux. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0191-5_21
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