Hello Dion,
I work in a Chinese school as computer administrator and I want to help
our management in how to reduce the expenses in buying Microsoft Office.
You came to the right place. :-)
I'm just curios about the license of Open Office before I go to anywhere
else. I like to ask is...
is the Open Office 100% FREE?
Yes. 100%.
You can install it on as many computers as you like 100% free.
You can use it at home, school, or in a business 100% free.
Please tell me more about this as freeware.
First, please don't call it "freeware". OpenOffice is "open source"
which is much better than "freeware":
* Most "freeware" is only free for non-commercial use. OpenOffice.org is
free for any use.
* Most "freeware" has a limited trial period and they you pay. Open
source does not. It never expires.
But the biggest difference is in re-distribution:
* You can put open source on a CD and give it to as many people as you
like. You can even sell it and make money.
* If you are a programmer, you can take the source code and modify it to
make a new product. For example, Sun Microsystems makes StarOffice and
IBM makes Workplace. Both products are 99% OpenOffice.org
To learn more about what "open source" is, see here:
http://opensource.org
I would encourage you to try OpenOffice.org. It's a good product. A
little different from MS Office, but not difficult to learn. It's well
worth the investment in learning it.
If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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