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From: Bruce Coryell on 2 Jul 2007 06:16
uflqbmqwkriy(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> Don't be fooled by illegal copies of Microsoft Office selling for 49$
> - 69$. These are not licensed copies and could end up costing you more
> than $100,000 in copyright fines or willful infringement. Open Office
> is a fully licensed alternative software to Microsoft Office. Get the
> peace of mind of purchasing a licensed Office Suite for a quarter of
> the price.
> Illegal copies can range from simply giving you access to P2P file
> sharing applications, copying original CD's onto a CD-R, or allowing
> you to download an image file of a copied CD. These are all highly
> illegal, and Microsoft is known for it's strict standards in combating
> copyright infringers.
> http://openofficego.blogspot.com/#
>

It is possible to buy OEM versions of Microsoft Office for about $150 or
so, and these are legal, just without support from Microsoft and the
fancy box. Microsoft considers individuals building their own PC's as
"system builders" and fully entitled to use OEM software.

However, I use OpenOffice 2.0 in both Linux and Windows versions and am
quite happy with it. I really like being able to work with the same
files, with no conversions, in both operating systems.
From: Pete on 8 Jul 2007 14:49


uflqbmqwkriy(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> Don't be fooled by illegal copies of Microsoft Office selling for 49$
> - 69$. These are not licensed copies and could end up costing you more
> than $100,000 in copyright fines or willful infringement. Open Office
> is a fully licensed alternative software to Microsoft Office. Get the
> peace of mind of purchasing a licensed Office Suite for a quarter of
> the price.
> Illegal copies can range from simply giving you access to P2P file
> sharing applications, copying original CD's onto a CD-R, or allowing
> you to download an image file of a copied CD. These are all highly
> illegal, and Microsoft is known for it's strict standards in combating
> copyright infringers.
> http://openofficego.blogspot.com/#
>
Errr.... you seem to be selling open source software...
From: Rich Leitner on 3 Aug 2007 15:41
Pete wrote:
>
>
> uflqbmqwkriy(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>> Don't be fooled by illegal copies of Microsoft Office selling for 49$
>> - 69$. These are not licensed copies and could end up costing you more
>> than $100,000 in copyright fines or willful infringement. Open Office
>> is a fully licensed alternative software to Microsoft Office. Get the
>> peace of mind of purchasing a licensed Office Suite for a quarter of
>> the price.
>> Illegal copies can range from simply giving you access to P2P file
>> sharing applications, copying original CD's onto a CD-R, or allowing
>> you to download an image file of a copied CD. These are all highly
>> illegal, and Microsoft is known for it's strict standards in combating
>> copyright infringers.
>> http://openofficego.blogspot.com/#
>>
> Errr.... you seem to be selling open source software...

Perhaps directing interested parties to Open Office's official website:

http://www.openoffice.org

if memory serves, would be better. There, they can download the package
for free. I'd chastise the original poster, but it's apparent from his
email that it's either spoofed or temporary, so he won't be back to read
it. Please don't pay for open source software ... send the money to the
organization or foundation that creates it as a donation instead.

Rich
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