Being a Student, I can’t afford to go splashing out on expensive business software to Word Process my homework. I’d need to save up for at least 3 months to get enough even for the most basic version of Microsoft Word and Excel, why which time I wouldn’t need it any more because I would have been thrown off the course. So, I decided to go on a hunt for cheap or free Office software. And anything that helps me release the tyrannous grip of Microsoft on my desktop is a good thing.

The candidates are …
AbiWord - A free (open-source) text processor, ported from Linux to Windows.
OpenOffice.org - The open-source sibling of StarOffice, this is probably the first real alternative open-source office suite that ever made the limelight (so to speak).
602PC Suite - Free for non-commercial use. Fully featured office suite complete with image editor.