OpenOffice - An excellent free alternative to Microsoft Office

Openoffice is available for free for use an alternative to Microsoft Office. Download it from http://download.openoffice.org/index.html. Many institutions across the world are using this software. The software can install and run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. If you need to send any of the documents produced from Openoffice to anyone who needs it in a Microsoft format, you can do so. You can even open Microsoft formats with Openoffice [You will need to wait for OpenOffice 3 for Microsoft Office 2007 documents] . The upcoming OpenOffice 3.0 release has many features that would it make it a serious contender to Office 2007.