Thank you everyone, price isn't really the issue as I have the Microsoft Office 2000; I'm just wondering if I'd be better off with the Open Office mainly due to Microsoft's notorious bug problems.

Getting a few view points increases my comfort level.

For those that have used Open Office is there a component that has similar functionality to Publisher? I have a project I need to do for a friend that is opening a store and wonder if it has capacity for creating a brochure/catalog similar to Publisher.

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