Alternatives to MS Office?

For the bulk of our course, we're focusing on using the great set of applications known as Microsoft Office. Currently this is the package that most businesses use... but ever so slowly competitor products are making their presence felt out there! When we go for jobs and are asked what applications we're familiar with, it may be helpful to demonstrate an awareness of other Office applications!

To get us warmed up this week, spend 5 or 10 minutes seeing what you can find out about two other Office application suites (other application suites with equivalent functions to Excel and Word etc). Jot down on a piece of paper any pro's or con's that you can note from the products your find. This might include price, or whether it can open Word/Excel files.

We'll get together to discuss the differences... hopefully some time soon we'll be able to try them out too!