If one buys a new PC, laptop, or netbook computer today, it probably comes preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition. This is a significantly limited, advertising-laden version of Microsoft's suite of productivity programs, Microsoft Office. This continues the trend of PC makers providing ever more crippled versions of Microsoft's productivity software with new PCs. One can upgrade a new PC to one of the full, ad-free versions of Microsoft Office, either before or after one buys the PC. According to anecdotal evidence, more and more computer users are refusing to buy into such premium pricing, and excellent alternatives are available. The most talked about alternative is LibreOffice. This is a descendent of OpenOffice. LibreOffice consists of a range of Microsoft Office-compatible productivity programs, including a word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation program, database management program, drawing program, and math formula program.The leading cloud office suite is Google Docs. The biggest positive to Google Docs is its facility for creating and editing documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. It's also very useful for working on documents using different computers from different locations.