Forrester: Microsoft Office is in no danger from competition

Microsoft Office remains the prevalent productivity suite among enterprise customers, with 80 percent of enterprise customers using some version of Microsoft Office. This finding was noted in a new report by Forrester Research, which says that a meager 8 percent of enterprise customers are using alternatives such as Sun's OpenOffice, or hosted variants such as Google Premier Apps and Zoho.  Forrester polled 152 IT decision makers for this study.

Still, the poor economy could represent a window of opportunity for alternative suites, especially when considering that Microsoft is winding down technical support for Office 2000 and Office 2003. This is because 20 percent of companies on Microsoft's office productivity suite have yet to migrate to Office 2007. As they companies deliberate on whether to buy Office 2007 now, or 2010 early next year, there is a possibility that they will opt for a cheaper alternative. For now though, Microsoft Office appears to be the entrenched favorite. 

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