On Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:16 AM Peter Hart wrote: >I am building 3 new computers for one of my larger client companies.
>I tried to purchase 3 Copies of Office 2003 from my usual suppliers and have >been told that Office Small >Business OEM 2003 is no longer available and would need to supply 2007. They >can get it but the price has >been increased to £189.00 from £126.00. So, I first tried my other suppliers >to be told the same thing. >Went back to my client who said no way. What other solutions available. What >did I think about Open Office. >Any way they have decided that from now on >they will go for Open Office and forget Microsoft. Is this a >suicide bid by Microsoft. There is no way that my Clients will upgrade to >Vista in the near future and are >already asking about Linux. At my age its to late to build the skill >necessary to support Linux so may end >up loosing a major Client. Their accounts system is a specially built Unix >system for Tractor Suppliers and >it never causes them a problem, so they are >already more than happy that Linux would work better for them. Openoffice runs on Window XP. Isn't that what the company is running now? David L. Crooks _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
