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Robert Reese~ — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:54:07 -0000

And the King Kong of open source software for Windows, OpenOffice.org. This software is backed by a large consortium who's two largest companies are IBM and Sun Microsystems. It is a completely usable MS Office replacement, and can save hundreds of dollars per user. Version 3 due out soon will natively support the new Office default format introduced in Office 2007 (.docx is an example). It also offers a one-click (okay, two click) save as a .pdf file. (okay, two click: one to create the pdf and one to save it in the current directory).

I've used it since its inception as well as its precursor. Sadly, many people feel it is an inferior product because it is free. That's an unfortunate and incorrect mindset, and leads to spending a lot of money where none needs to be spent.

Check it out at http://www.openoffice.org/

By the way, THANK YOU for introducing and sharing these great resources.... the Real Estate community often is at the tail end of technology, mostly because most agents and brokers are people people and are typically the antithesis of computer people. Unmistakably, this blog entry helps bridge that gap and gives others permission to try out Open Source Software.

Cheers,
Robert~

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bnix — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:14:01 -0000

Great call on PrimoPDF. I use it on a couple of my PC's and should have included it on my list.

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John C — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:59:46 -0000

Brad- I like PrimoPDF - www.primopdf.com - it is free software that lets you print anything directly to a PDF file. Looks just like an additional printer in your print process. I use it for all my doc work, like 15 times a day. replaces: Adobe Acrobat.

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bnix — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:13:52 -0000

WordPress is a beast unto itself and is my personal favorite OpenSource software. I left it out because it would raise so many questions on how. Now I can just refer those to you for answers;)

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Kevin - Alpharetta Real Estate — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:49:09 -0000

Hey, you forgot to mention the 500 pound gorilla of open source software: WordPress. Replaces: Gutenberg's Press