Just Say No to Microsoft. How to Ditch Microsoft and Why it's not as Hard as You Think
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Author(s): T. Bove
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 159327064X
Format: softback
243pp
Price: $24.95
Review Date: 07 December 2005
Review: This book offers up some of the possibilities to wean a user away from the expense of a Microsoft licence and its limitations. It explains how you can have the same relative power on your desktop as you would if you were using Microsoft, but using free software. It provides answers, alternatives, and suggestions, salted with historical (and hysterical) anecdotes, peppered with personal experiences, and basted with considerable research and testing. There are chapters on: all you need is a Mac; Linux – land of the free; de-Microsoft your Office; Microsoft-free music and video; LANs; and browsers. The last two chapters look at how to get on with your computer life: twelve steps to freedom from Microsoft; and where do you want to go tomorrow.