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In reply to the discussion: Office 2013: 'If your computer dies, so does your Office license' [View all]trumad
(41,692 posts)1. Someone will find the jailbreak...
they always do.
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Not at all, and the few problems that do exist only exist in the M$ Office environment. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#34
I use Open Office on my non-work PC. It does everything I need it to do so far. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#40
Yep. In the current version of Open Office, I can xfer docs between it and Word 2010 seemlessly
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#41
Yet this is PRECISELY the situation those who are routinely accused of "stealing" were
Occulus
Feb 2013
#26
That is serious f'd up! I use OpenOffice and could care less what M$ does with the Office product.
nc4bo
Feb 2013
#11
microswift, of course, was practically founded on the independence of software from hardware.
unblock
Feb 2013
#13
Get this. Even upgrading your processor or a memory and HDD change will
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#33
Cutting the throat of their own revenue stream and driving users to free alternatives....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#28
That is why one should use backup programs such as Acronis which copy the disk image for the backup
still_one
Feb 2013
#30
I'm still amazed that so many businesses still use that collection of garbage. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#32
Our Microsoft account reps can't even lucidly explain Microsoft Licensing
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#45