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June 16th 17, 05:11 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to become free tools to all?
On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:56:28 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote: | | Come on, everyone is still Micro$oft Office to do their business, right? No. I use LibreOffice. It's free and totally satisfies my office needs. Besides, we're not a Communist country. They are the ones who confiscate private enterprise products for public use. But even they don't do it much anymore since they realized too much of that sort of thing stifles the innovation that creates those products. Larc 
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June 16th 17, 05:51 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 17/6/2017 12:11 AM, Larc wrote:
No. I use LibreOffice. It's free and totally satisfies my office needs. Besides, we're not a Communist country. They are the ones who confiscate private enterprise products for public use. But even they don't do it much anymore since they realized too much of that sort of thing stifles the innovation that creates those products. You and EVERYONE will switch back to Micro$oft Office should it became a public+free tool! I think I might bet huge on it.  -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa
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June 17th 17, 04:39 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 6/16/2017 9:51 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 17/6/2017 12:11 AM, Larc wrote: No. I use LibreOffice. It's free and totally satisfies my office needs. Besides, we're not a Communist country. They are the ones who confiscate private enterprise products for public use. But even they don't do it much anymore since they realized too much of that sort of thing stifles the innovation that creates those products. You and EVERYONE will switch back to Micro$oft Office should it became a public+free tool! I think I might bet huge on it. How? By buying Microsoft stock? That isn't going to work.
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June 18th 17, 08:28 AM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 17/6/2017 11:39 PM, Bob F wrote:
How? By buying Microsoft stock? That isn't going to work. How about pointing guns, canons and missiles at Micro$oft's head?  -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa
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June 18th 17, 03:45 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 16/06/17 17:51, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 17/6/2017 12:11 AM, Larc wrote: No. I use LibreOffice. It's free and totally satisfies my office needs. Besides, we're not a Communist country. They are the ones who confiscate private enterprise products for public use. But even they don't do it much anymore since they realized too much of that sort of thing stifles the innovation that creates those products. You and EVERYONE will switch back to Micro$oft Office should it became a public+free tool! I think I might bet huge on it. No I won't as MS Access dopes not work on a Linux system, but Libre Office Base does.
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June 18th 17, 04:15 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 18/6/2017 10:45 PM, RobH wrote:
No I won't as MS Access dopes not work on a Linux system, but Libre Office Base does. Was talking about M$ Word, M$ Excel and M$ Powerpoint the holy trinity! -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa
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June 18th 17, 08:16 PM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 6/18/2017 12:28 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 17/6/2017 11:39 PM, Bob F wrote: How? By buying Microsoft stock? That isn't going to work. How about pointing guns, canons and missiles at Micro$oft's head? That's how you "make a huge bet on it?"
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#8
June 19th 17, 07:22 AM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 18/06/17 16:15, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 18/6/2017 10:45 PM, RobH wrote: No I won't as MS Access dopes not work on a Linux system, but Libre Office Base does. Was talking about M$ Word, M$ Excel and M$ Powerpoint the holy trinity! Yes, but Office includes Access
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#9
June 19th 17, 10:52 AM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 12:11:18 AM UTC+8, Larc wrote:
No. I use LibreOffice. It's free and totally satisfies my office needs. I use Open/Libre also. It is fine for Excel spreadsheets, unless they have VBA macros. However, still flounders often with Powerpoint files. So I need to keep one Windows PC next to my linux fleet.
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June 19th 17, 11:49 AM
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Should Window$ & Office be confiscated by governments to becomefree tools to all?
On 19/6/2017 2:22 PM, RobH wrote:
Yes, but Office includes Access Only the Professional and Enterprise editions. Home & Student Edition doesn't have it, so is Standard Edition! Not sure how Office 365 is packaging it. -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa
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