When I have to use Microsoft Office, I use Office 97. Normally I use OpenOffice.I was surprised to see this on their website today:
An Open Letter and Invitation to Dell
Dell Computer Corporation has become one of Fortune's "America’s Most Admired Companies" by providing great value, high quality computers and peripherals, but most of all, by listening to your customers. Your recent "IdeaStorm" initiative is the latest example of this. Here at OpenOffice.org, we were delighted to see that the second most requested feature by Dell customers was to have our office software pre-installed on Dell systems. This request attracted more than 25, 000 votes in two days.
The most interesting features of openoffice is that it is open source, free and seems to do everything!