What office software is Japan using that's making Microsoft obsolete?

Question

I was hearing about how American colleges and American offices are using Microsoft Office. I learned the Microsoft Office Suite in high school and in college.

I keep seeing that advertising about the Death of Microsoft and it states that 72% of Japan is already using the software that is going to replace Microsoft.

What software is that and why aren't American schools teaching it?

Answer 1

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Could this be it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org

Answer 2

Huh? MS Office still dominates the office suite software in Japan. JustSystems offers a suite that is just behind Office in sales. In fact, they lost their market share to Microsoft in the first place in the mid 90s. So I think you misread. And how exactly is Microsoft losing market share in office software indicative of a downfall of the company? They still run on 95% of the world's consumer computers. Also, since when did the American school system mirror itself after the Japanese?

Source(s): I call bs on your made up article.