Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

I have not found any deals for me or my associates that would bring 
buying MSO for under $100.  It looks like your people had bought 
MSO-2010 and just bought the right to add in on a few more systems.

With the new pricing structure that MS is doing, i.e. renting that was 
in a different thread, it will become expensive to buy MSO soon.

When I was using Windows for all my computer needs, I "sniffed out" as 
many free packages as I could.  I was not able to afford to buy the 
software I needed and had to find legally free sources.  I still 
maintain a Windows software list page for such free packages, but I do 
not look for those packages actively any more.

MS is talking about a "family plan" license for renting and installing 
MSO on all of your household system for one low-price-per-year, but I 
hate the idea of renting my software. [this idea was beaten to death in 
a different thread so do not start it again here].



On 10/12/2012 08:58 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> WOW!!!  I wish i had thought of it.  It's brilliant! :)
>
> Re: costs, my 'work' place (does it count as work if you enjoy it?) just bought several MSO 2010 
> licenses for about £15 each.  The newer MS office comes out soon so there are all sorts of special 
> offers, such as for charities, students, and other vulnerable people.  We have a chap that is 
> excellent at sniffing out such deals and being able to buy in bulk helps.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux@gmail.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 12:39
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia
> >
> > On 11/10/12 23:48, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > > Windows users can run MS Office easily and for little money (if any). Why should they use 
> > > LibreOffice if all they want is cheap MS Office? Idealism? Masochism?
> > They can also run WordPerfect, Lotus Smartsuite, Abiword and a number of other applications. Why 
> > should you be so anti Windows users running LO?
> > The cheapest version of MS Office in the UK is Home and Student and costs about £75. The free 
> > version (Office Starter) is crippled adware (and only contains Word and Excel anyway), and that 
> > only comes with a machine that has a trial version of Office 2010 installed. You can't download it 
> > from anywhere.
> > Surely it's better to get them running LO rather than a crippled version of proprietary software? 
> > When I post in the MS Answers forums in reply to certain questions I always suggest that if they 
> > can't afford to upgrade to the latest Office version, that they have a look at LO. One or two MVPs 
> > do this as well.
> > Once Windows users begin to realise that they don't NEED MS Office products, then it's only a short 
> > step to not needing Windows at all. :-)
> >
> > Registered Linux User no 240308
> > GBP's alternative computing:http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/  Say No to 
> > OOXMLhttp://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8
> > I only accept odf or pdf documents by email
> >
> >
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