A builder who uses a computer almost
needs a hard hat to protect himself from
the falling price of software. That's especially
true if you buy one of the new product
"suites" being offered by several major
software developers. A suite is a group of
applications — usually a word processor,
spreadsheet, database, and personal
scheduling program — that is sold as a
package at a huge discount from the purchase
price of the individual applications.
Although suites are available from
Lotus and Novell, I chose to look at
Microsoft Office because I think it has
the best integration between elements
— at least at the moment. The theory
behind any software suite, however, is
the same