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The big buzz in the Silicon Valley right now is Linux. It's a free Operating System much like Windows98, except for the fact that it doesn't crash every five minutes.

After many years of searching, I have at last found a way to kick all Microsoft products off my Mac. The whole .doc format compatibility thing has been giving me—and, apparently, the State Of Massachusetts—fits for years now, but some folks associated with the free office suite, OpenOffice, have finally released a Mac version that duplicates damn near ALL the functionality of MSOffice (minus the bugs and security holes, of course). And it's fully read/write compatible with .doc, .ppt. and xls file formats. The Mac version is called NeoOffice (DOWNLOAD IT NOW), and I heartily recommend it. Did I mention that it's free? Cuz it is. (The PC version is available for download here.) Overall, it's a little rough around the edges, interface-wise, but it works. And that's more than you can say about Microsoft products.