[P1] open Word and Excel in Appleworks?

[e.mkeene]

> The *last* thing I want to do is fire up another debate on the relative
> merits of Microsoft and/or software licenses, but I will add that it
> seems many software vendors will willingly sell you a copy of the
> Student and Teacher Edition of Office without any proof whatsoever that
> you meet the licensing requirements. (Amazon has it for just under
> $150.) There's no mechanism for enforcement in the software package,
> either.

I don't have any personal experience with MS licensing but my 
impression was that they were quite restrictive and very hard line as 
far as who, what and where used their stuff. A few months ago when they 
announced the newest version of Office that is now divided into Pro, 
Standard and Educational, they seemed to have "lost" a lot of the 
restrictions at least as far as the Mac platform is concerned. I 
personally think they have seen the "light" and realize that there are 
just too many options for Mac people and Mac folk are not that willing 
to shell out big bucks for MS. Since then,  I have seen what appears to 
be to be a lot of "looking the other way by MS". Curious

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