Free office software more popular than paid in Japanese homes
An interesting survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into office software on home computers found that free suites are more popular.
Demographics
Between the 9th and 14th of August 2011 1,065 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.8% aged sixty or older.
Note that I suspect that a number of people who got Microsoft Office or Works bundled with their system may have reported this as free software.
For myself, I occasionally use Open Office (Libre Office). I mostly use their Excel clone from that suite.
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