7 Microsoft Office Alternatives

Let's not forget about Microsoft Access. Access is a very powerful relational database that puts Microsoft's Office suite ahead of many others in your roundup. This database is the catalyst for many enterprise line of business applications that start off as an idea in the mind of an employee or manager. It allows people with limited programming skills to make functional line of business applications or at least prototype them and prove them to management. For small businesses it enables powerful custom data management solutions, that otherwise are limited large companies with on staff programmers.