Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[Mac User #330250]

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Subject: Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?
Date:Tuesday 14 December 2010
From:JoeTaxpayer 
To:  "G-Group" 
> I have a legit copy of Office on my MDD. When I put it on a second
> machine (another MDD) it installed just fine, but I'm permitted to
> only run it on one machine at a time.
> I'm not complaining, just answering your question. If I upgrade, I'll
> get the family pack like I did with Leopard and iWork.

The Home & Student edition of Microsoft Office comes with three Product Keys 
and may be used in three installations at the same time. Only setback: it is 
not upgradeable, meaning: if the time comes to upgrade you'll have to buy the 
full version (Standard, Professional or Home & Student) again, since you 
cannot use an upgrade version on a Home & Student version.

The Home & Student edition is what I am using. Bought it on eBay, got it with 
the three Keys and use it happily ever since. It's my all time favorite for 
Mac OS X: Office:mac 2004.

I heard that Office:mac 2001 is said to be the best for Classic Mac OS 
(7-9.2.2?). But some people swear the best is AppleWorks…

Cheers,
Andreas  aka  Mac User #330250

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Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[t...@io.com]

Thank you, folks.  I think I have the information I need.   Also,
thank you for the alternative suggestions.  I will download them and
give them a try as well.

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Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> 
> On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:20 PM, t...@io.com wrote:
> 
>> I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my
>> MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work.
> 
> Do not bother, just get Libre Office:
> 
> 
> 
> (Hallelujah! They were listening to me! The PPC versions finally has equal 
> billing with the Intel version! Hoorah!)
> 
> Perfectly compatible with MS Office and has a more 'Office-like' interface 
> than even Office does today.

Just to clear up misapprehension I've run into offlist: Open Office, as of 
version 3.0, has a full Mac-Native Aqua interface, no X11 needed anymore.

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Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[JoeTaxpayer]

I have a legit copy of Office on my MDD. When I put it on a second
machine (another MDD) it installed just fine, but I'm permitted to
only run it on one machine at a time.
I'm not complaining, just answering your question. If I upgrade, I'll
get the family pack like I did with Leopard and iWork.

On Dec 13, 2:20 pm, "t...@io.com"  wrote:
> I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my
> MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work.
>
> I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually
> must connect to the internet and register the license with MS and then
> the license is stuck to that particular hardware (by MAC address?) and
> one cannot use any other machines with that license.
>
> So two questions.  Are they using a similar scheme with Office 2004
> for the Mac?  Wouldn't that make a used copy of office pretty useless,
> if true?
>
> Of course, I may have misunderstood the whole thing.  Kind of hoping I
> have.
>
> Jeff Walther

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Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[Jeffrey Engle]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:20 AM, t...@io.com wrote:

> I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my
> MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work.
> 
> I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually
> must connect to the internet and register the license with MS and then
> the license is stuck to that particular hardware (by MAC address?) and
> one cannot use any other machines with that license.
> 
> So two questions.  Are they using a similar scheme with Office 2004
> for the Mac?  Wouldn't that make a used copy of office pretty useless,
> if true?
> 
> Of course, I may have misunderstood the whole thing.  Kind of hoping I
> have.
> 
> Jeff Walther
> 

Jeff,  IF you own the software license (the disk, retail that comes from MS) 
you own the rights to it. Just make sure that when you buy it, it comes with 
the license orange/yellow sticker on the CD envelope that has any and all 
serial numbers on it. Jeff

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Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:20 PM, t...@io.com wrote:

> I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my
> MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work.

Do not bother, just get Libre Office:



(Hallelujah! They were listening to me! The PPC versions finally has equal 
billing with the Intel version! Hoorah!)

Perfectly compatible with MS Office and has a more 'Office-like' interface than 
even Office does today.


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University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
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