What productivity suite will people use now that Microsoft Office is banned from sale?

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/microsoft-loses-patent-appeal-word-and-office-to-be-barred-from/

I will stick with Open Office personally.

Elana · Accepted Answer

As much as I would like to see Microsoft sued into oblivion, they have way too much money to not be able to buy there way out of this.

jimgmacmvp · Answer

Microsoft Office is not banned from sale. The article's headline is a huge lie. Only one insignificant feature had to be removed, and the product will remain available. Existing copies will continue to work just fine. 

OpenOffice is vulnerable to the same lawsuit
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Patent-Lawsuit-Could-Spell-Trouble-for-OpenSource-Format-437250/

Mike · Answer

I'm fairly certain that Microsoft will have a patched version available by January 1st.

They have been aware of the lawsuit for a long time.

I too prefer Open Office
www.openoffice.org

Anonymous · Answer

They've already solved the problem - they removed the function with the infringing method.  They may not be able to get enough new copies out to all the stores by Jabuary 11th, but that will be a minor supply chain glitch.

Kelly · Answer

I prefer Open Office!

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