On Saturday 28 June 2008 02:41:27 jonathon wrote:
> When I was translating British English:
> * Several corresponded to seven plus/minus 2
This is not supported by either the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary or
Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. The former says that it means more
than one,
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Alan Lord wrote:
> In the UK I've always believed that:
> "A couple" ~ 2
> "A few" ~ 3
> "Several" > 3.
When I was translating British English:
* Several corresponded to seven plus/minus 2;
* Few corresponded to five plus/minus 2;
* Couple always meant two.
xan
Jim Allan wrote:
Well, I would say that $449.95 would would be a “few” hundred dollars,
not “several” hundred dollars.
I could be wrong. Some dictionaries say that “several” means more than
“two” or “three”. But they also say it means more than “few”, which some
dictionaries say means “mor
Jim Allan wrote:
Alan Lord wrote:
Hey man it does here in the UK.
MSO Pro is about £350 (That's about $700US).
See
http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/ssc-117001-microsoft-office-2007-professional.html
.
I see there is an amazing range of prices in the UK for Microsoft Office
Professional, ran
On 06/26/2008 12:20 PM, Jim Allan wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> Really?
>>
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx
>>
>> 2007 Office Suites
>> Estimated Retail Price/Upgrade Price
>> Office Home and Student 2007 $149.95/NA
>> Office Standard 2007 $3
In the UK, we pay roughly these same numbers but in pounds, which makes the
range from Office standard to Office Ultimate at a well known discount
outlet $658 to $966. I have no idea of the "official" prices.
Seems to sit rather nicely in the sevenish to tennish definition.
I know you were talki
NoOp wrote:
Really?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx
2007 Office Suites
Estimated Retail Price/Upgrade Price
Office Home and Student 2007$149.95/NA
Office Standard 2007$399.95/$239.95
Office Small Business 2007 $449.95/$279.95
Office
On 06/26/2008 06:21 AM, Jim Allan wrote:
> Alan Lord wrote:
>
>> I would say probably Symphony but only as it has a more restrictive and
>> non-free (Open Source) license. But why bother to compare against MSO?
>> That's several hundred dollars of wasted money IMHO.
>
> MSO doesn’t cost “severa
On 26 Jun 2008 at 13:36, Jim Allan wrote:
> Alan Lord wrote:
> > Hey man it does here in the UK.
> >
> > MSO Pro is about £350 (That's about $700US).
>
>
> See
> http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/ssc-117001-microsoft-office-2007-professional.html
> .
>
> I see there is an amazing range of prices in the
Alan Lord wrote:
Jim Allan wrote:
Alan Lord wrote:
I would say probably Symphony but only as it has a more restrictive
and non-free (Open Source) license. But why bother to compare against
MSO? That's several hundred dollars of wasted money IMHO.
MSO doesn’t cost “several” hundred dollars.
Alan Lord wrote:
Hey man it does here in the UK.
MSO Pro is about £350 (That's about $700US).
See
http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/ssc-117001-microsoft-office-2007-professional.html
.
I see there is an amazing range of prices in the UK for Microsoft Office
Professional, ranging from £161.43
Jim Allan wrote:
Alan Lord wrote:
I would say probably Symphony but only as it has a more restrictive
and non-free (Open Source) license. But why bother to compare against
MSO? That's several hundred dollars of wasted money IMHO.
MSO doesn’t cost “several” hundred dollars.
Jim Allan
Hey m
Alan Lord wrote:
I would say probably Symphony but only as it has a more restrictive and
non-free (Open Source) license. But why bother to compare against MSO?
That's several hundred dollars of wasted money IMHO.
MSO doesn’t cost “several” hundred dollars.
Jim Allan
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ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote:
legolas wrote:
Hi
I saw that Lotus Symphony has a version which can be installed on
Ubuntu, I
was wondering how does it compare with OpenOffice when it come to writing
articles and text documents.
As they are both free, why don't you just download them and c
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