Christina Godinez wrote: > I sell computer systems and MS OFFICE 2003 PRO is not cheap. The oem version > would sell about $350 full version. And legally, you can only purchase this > oem version when you purchase a new computer. Or you can go to DELL.COM and > check out to see how much it cost. This version of MS OFFICE will not install > in older version of windows. MS doesn't come cheap. So if you were to use MS > OFFICE, not only do you pay for the cost of MS OFFICE but also the cost to > change your WINDOWS to the current version WIN XP which would cost you > another $120 for full version. So do your math and that would cost you about > $470. This is assuming you will it install both yourself. If you had to bring > it to a computer server shop to install it, the service charges would be > about $120.... and that would bring your total up to $590... Open Office will > run on windows 98 and it's $FREE. What differnce does it make as long as the > end result is the same. I don't see any difference between MSO and OO if I > have to compose a letter or document for distribution as long as the end > result is the same. The one receiving or reading the document won't know > whether I use MSO or OO. > My opinion is you only use MSO if you feel like donating to Mr. Bill Gates > who need a little bit more of money for his charitable cause...
Even though his causes are worthy, I'd much rather donate directly to the foundation and download OO myself. And the power user factor that you bring up is a good one as well. I'd classify myself as more of a low to medium power user in terms of the higher functions (Macros, etc). I need a word counter, and a fairly good spell checker, but not much else. Of course, if we got what we needed and not what we wanted, we'd probably all be still using vi! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
