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From: AES on 9 Aug 2010 16:02
In article <isw-995DE4.10390809082010@[216.168.3.50]>,
isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote:

> > Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> > Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> > the money if she can find something compatible.

> Complain to the school. They should not be requiring students to spend
> hundreds of dollars for proprietary software when there are perfectly
> acceptable non-proprietary substitutes such as OpenOffice.

A superbly good point!

Anyone who deals with any level of officialdom in any organization
should never miss a chance to make it (provided it won't get you into
trouble to do so, of course).
From: Davoud on 9 Aug 2010 16:15
isw:

> Complain to the school. They should not be requiring students to spend
> hundreds of dollars for proprietary software

$109.


> when there are perfectly
> acceptable non-proprietary substitutes such as OpenOffice.

Bzzzzt! Wrong answer. There are acceptable substitutes such as
OpenOffice for those who work independently and who do not require full
compatibility with others in their circle who are using Microsoft
Office.

Davoud

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From: Jolly Roger on 9 Aug 2010 16:35
In article <090820101615408571%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net>
wrote:

> isw:
>
> > Complain to the school. They should not be requiring students to spend
> > hundreds of dollars for proprietary software
>
> $109.
>
>
> > when there are perfectly
> > acceptable non-proprietary substitutes such as OpenOffice.
>
> Bzzzzt! Wrong answer. There are acceptable substitutes such as
> OpenOffice for those who work independently and who do not require full
> compatibility with others in their circle who are using Microsoft
> Office.
>
> Davoud

And there's the rub. I'm willing to bet this school doesn't require
anything close to full compatibility.

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From: Vincent Parry on 9 Aug 2010 16:48
On 8/9/10 11:48 AM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> the money if she can find something compatible.
>

OpenOffice for WIN, NeoOffice for Mac. Free/open source.
From: Wes Groleau on 9 Aug 2010 17:24
On 08-09-2010 13:39, isw wrote:
> Kurt Ullman<kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
>> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
>> the money if she can find something compatible.
>
> Complain to the school. They should not be requiring students to spend
> hundreds of dollars for proprietary software when there are perfectly
> acceptable non-proprietary substitutes such as OpenOffice.

For that matter, they should not be requiring students to do anything
that costs money--like buy a computer. When I taught Spanish, it was
an eye-opener for me that half of my students had no computer at home.
And this was not 1960, it was 2001.

--
Wes Groleau

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