Re: Microsoft tools for mac?

From: Jim Gordon MVP (goldkey74_at_WarmerThanWarmMail.com)
Date: 03/17/04

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    Hi Derek,

    A free download of OpenOffice is available here:
    http://www.openoffice.org

    OpenOffice is a brand of office that directly competes with Microsoft
    Office. OpenOffice is completely free. It has its own file format but it can
    read and write files in Microsoft Office file formats, too.

    You probably don't have to settle for OpenOffice if you shop around a bit.
    Office 98 used copies are pretty cheap. 2001 and X will be probably hitting
    the market soon in used copies as soon as Office 2004 comes to market. Try
    Amazon and eBay for used copies. Make sure you get the original CD key,
    though. A lot of pirated copies are out there and you can't update them with
    service releases.

    -Jim 

    -- 
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
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On 3/16/04 10:52 PM, in article BC7D359C.4B1%derekjco@ns.sympatico.ca,
"derek johnson" <derekjco@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> in article 1gaqgw8.1hgaapkvblg3zN%mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid, Mike Rosenberg
> at mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid wrote on 3/16/04 8:59 AM:
> 
>> derek johnson <derekjco@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> So I cant just download it from limewire or somthing?
>> 
>> Oh, I'm sorry, I just assumed you were an honest person.  If you're
>> looking to steal it, I'm sure you can, but please don't ask for
>> accomplices.
> People in this newgroup don't look to kindly to limewire users? Sheesh, ever
> think that maybe my family cannot afford to buy microsoft office but need it
> to make a living?
> God have you no sympathy?
>
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