How suite it is. (Office Politics).

Microsoft's fully native Office v. X is a compelling reason to switch to Apple's next-generation OS--unless, of course, you don't use Office. So does that mean your options for Mac OS X-native productivity suites are few and far between? No--and that's not just if you consider longtime options such as AppleWorks.

Several new suites that bundle word-processing, spreadsheet, and other applications have debuted on the Mac. That they're coming out at the same time as OS X is not entirely a coincidence. OpenOSX Office ($30; 760/935-4736, www.openosx.com) includes word ...

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