Alternative office productivity packages

The overwhelming majority of businesses I work with use Microsoft Office to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Not to mention to manage their email. I too use this software and have for many years. The problem is that it can be expensive, particularly for small businesses where every dollar counts. Fortunately there are alternatives to Microsoft Office, many of which are free. Here we will explore many different versions…

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Why would you not want to upgrade to Windows 10?

Windows 10 is getting close to being a year old, and Microsoft is really pushing hard to get it on to every Windows PC it can. Since the upgrade is free for most Windows 7 and 8 users on their personal computers (the free upgrade does not apply to larger businesses, government or educational users) people are always asking me if there are any reasons they would not want…

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