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Photos: Is Tesco more trustworthy than Microsoft?
Find out what punters say as Tesco's £20 software hits the shelves

By Andy McCue

Published: Wednesday 29 November 2006

Tesco's range of budget office, security and multi-media PC software finally hit the shelves this month, with the supermarket giant claiming it will take a chunk out of a market dominated by the likes of Microsoft.

Tesco's Complete Office suite is currently on the shelves at £19.97, compared with a price tag of £300 to £500 for the various versions of Microsoft Office. Microsoft says it welcomes the competition but argues that Tesco's software is functionally equivalent to Microsoft Works rather than Office.

But will Tesco's PC software be a hit with the punters? It's too early to tell but a silicon.com poll of almost 600 readers asked who they trusted more to make quality software - Microsoft or Tesco. The result was surprisingly close with 51 per cent voting for Microsoft and 49 per cent voting for Tesco.

Image credit: Tesco