Microsoft Office freeware alternative - IBM Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony 3.0 - Freeware Office Suite alternative, with increased performance and significant improvements on response times, a possible future competitor of Microsoft Office.

IBM Lotus Symphony 3.0 has been released recently. This version offers support for Spreadsheets, Documents and Presentations.

IBM Lotus Symphony is based on OpenOffice kernel, but with increased compatibility with Microsoft VBA and OLE objects.

Microsoft Office freeware alternative - Office Libre

Freeware alternatives to Microsoft Office (Libre Office)

In addition to Open Office and IBM Lotus Symphony, Libre Office is announced as a new distribution designed as an open source alternative to Microsoft Office.

Libre Office enjoys a high support and seems to be a viable market concunrent of office suites.

Microsoft Office freeware alternative

Microsoft Office freeware alternatives (opensource)

There are some Microsoft Office freeware alternatives that are compatible with standard open formats and also with doc, xls and ppt formats. These freewares are based on open document format and they also have the ability to open and save Microsoft Office well known formats.

Open Office