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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Tim Smith ] on Sunday 23 July 2006 07:22 \__
>
>> In article <2512812.fakLTBpZu2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Walkthrough: Microsoft Office for Free (Legally)
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| As the start of school approaches, many students find themselves
>>>| shelling out as much as $300 for Microsoft Office 2003. This Walkthrough
>>
>> That's an odd thing for them to do, when they can easily get it for around
>> $125 from nearly everywhere.
>
> ...So, the drug dealer gives them a concession for the early doze, while they
> are young and naive. Once they are 'hooked' (eq. locked-in), the poor
> graduates will funnel money to Gates /et al/ for years/decades. It is the
> lack of /choice/ (exit barriers) that makes this so dodgy. How about this...
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/4/23/3719
>
> "Welcome to college, here's your Windows Live account"
Why would you bother when you can have OpenOffice for free. As you get
older and enter the 'real' world, you'll have to deal with government
for the whole of your life. Government are all moving to OpenOffice.
So, save yourself some cash, and avoid legacy packages, use openoffice.
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