Re: [tdf-discuss] enquiry by new user....maybe!

2015-03-05 Thread anne-ology
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From: eros iasillo 
Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:37 AM
Subject: [tdf-discuss] enquiry by new usermaybe!
To: "[email protected]" 


Hi! I am a private user (not a business), owner of a PC with Microsoft
writing packages but thinking to download LibreOffice ...for now...and
Linux Ubuntu, later.to try and stop being the "slave" of Bill Gates and
his high prices (and monopoly!).
Before going ahead, I need some clarifications, please:- in my search I
read that LibreOffice is better than OpenOffice...but it is not clear
why!!??- Downloading for a private is free How can that be? How does
the foundation survive? Is there a catch? Will I have to pay for updates or
whatelse?
Hoping you understand my concerns, I thank you in advance! Eros IASILLO Esq.
BSc. (Hons) - Licence es Science
http://erosiasillo.yolasite.com

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Re: [tdf-discuss] enquiry by new user....maybe!

2015-03-05 Thread Valter Mura



Il 04/03/2015 17:37, eros iasillo ha scritto:

Hi! I am a private user (not a business), owner of a PC with Microsoft writing packages 
but thinking to download LibreOffice ...for now...and Linux Ubuntu, later.to try 
and stop being the "slave" of Bill Gates and his high prices (and monopoly!).
Before going ahead, I need some clarifications, please:- in my search I read 
that LibreOffice is better than OpenOffice...but it is not clear why!!??- 
Downloading for a private is free How can that be? How does the foundation 
survive? Is there a catch? Will I have to pay for updates or whatelse?
Hoping you understand my concerns, I thank you in advance! Eros IASILLO Esq.
BSc. (Hons) - Licence es Science
http://erosiasillo.yolasite.com
+33 (0)3 84.48.15.91


Hi Eros

no, you have not to pay anything. But you can really contribute to the 
project making a donation to the Foundation.


LibreOffice is better than OpenOffice because its development is more 
advanced, its community is more advanced, the enthusiasm around the 
project is more advanced.


Ciao

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Valter
Open Source is better!
LibreOffice: www.libreoffice.org
KDE: www.kde.org
Kubuntu: www.kubuntu.org


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[tdf-discuss] enquiry by new user....maybe!

2015-03-04 Thread eros iasillo
Hi! I am a private user (not a business), owner of a PC with Microsoft writing 
packages but thinking to download LibreOffice ...for now...and Linux 
Ubuntu, later.to try and stop being the "slave" of Bill Gates and his high 
prices (and monopoly!).
Before going ahead, I need some clarifications, please:- in my search I read 
that LibreOffice is better than OpenOffice...but it is not clear why!!??- 
Downloading for a private is free How can that be? How does the foundation 
survive? Is there a catch? Will I have to pay for updates or whatelse?
Hoping you understand my concerns, I thank you in advance! Eros IASILLO Esq.
BSc. (Hons) - Licence es Science
http://erosiasillo.yolasite.com
+33 (0)3 84.48.15.91
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