well you take the tax incentives and you subtract that from the money they'd save by just switching to a free alternative, and I'm sure the free alternative will still prove more economical. I use open office on my laptop and if my wife would get used to it, I would uninstall MS office completely. The only thing I like is the ability to type in Japanese and spell check in Japanese etc..

I believe open office comes with an online support manual. I'd make that readily available in a hardcopy format as well as online for all employees.

And DEHC, you can use EUDORA the same as you can use Outlook. Eudora is free AFAIK in sponsored mode.

Microsoft want us to remain with Office, that is their money horse. They want us to use it, and remain familiar. They don't want us choosing free alternatives. They have bloated Office too much. Putting crap in that is relatively useless..

I wonder if there are any online comparisons between the different office applications?