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Chinese software firm challenges Microsoft

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MarketWatch; By John Leitzing
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Most often, Microsoft Corp.'s biggest rivals in the Chinese market have been black-market versions of its own products. That could change for the company's Office software suite, a key product that includes its word processing and spreadsheet tools. Wuxi, China-based Evermore Software is expected to release its latest Office competitor in late August. And while EIOffice 2009 is based on a file format standard promoted by the Chinese government and costs a fraction of Microsoft's offering, it also comes with a new legal threat.

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