If you are looking for a great image editor, Gimp is the way to go. For freeware anti-virus, AVG free edition is the way to go. Both are completely free and very effective applications.
I have been using open office since about 2003 and it is a great program.
Google applications are cool and all, but they have a LONG way to go. Open Office is a very, very feature rich application set that google's software can't hold a candle to. I do applaud Google, however, and I hope they continue to pursue their goal of providing a feature rich application suite INCLUDING an outlook clone that has calendar sharing and such...








