Richard Travers wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> James Knott wrote: >> >>> ETHEL HENDERSON wrote: >>> >>>> hello, this site was given to me by someone, and they said i would be >>>> able to download microsoft office here, but i want to make sure im at >>>> the right site? cause i didnt see that listed nowhere. please advise >>>> me as to whether i ammmmmm on the right site? is it perhaps listed >>>> under another title? help!!!!!!!!!! i need it thisssssssss week!!! >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank you, ethel >>>> >>>> >>> The site www.openoffice.com is where you can download Openoffice, not >>> Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is comparable to Microsoft Office and can >>> read & write Microsoft Office files, other than the new Office 2007 >>> formats. OpenOffice is available for free. Microsoft Office is a >>> commercial package that you have to pay for. >>> > > >> James... I think you made a small typo there :-) It should be >> http://www.openoffice.org not .com. >> > > Indeed - the openoffice.com site does exist and will sell you OpenOffice for > $29 (and/or Microsoft Office if you want it). > > It seems to me that one of the tricks that OOo missed was registering web > sites with names similar to its own, There are a number of sites with > similar names which will sell you the product (without telling you it is > available for free). So if you have been recommended OOo and can't quite > remember the name of the web site, the chances are that you will end up > paying for a version. > > R > > I have sent a correction.
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