[ale] MS Office new version

[James Sumners]

I have to use MS Word and MS Excel to do my chemistry lab reports this
semester, and summer. I can't use OO Calc because it doesn't support
adding the trend line equation to a plot. I could use OO Writer for
the Word parts, but since I have to use Excel, I just go ahead and use
Word. I'm using Office 2008 for Mac, and if it is any indication of
Office on Windows then there is plenty reason to use OOo aside from a
possible subscription model. Office 2008 is the insanely frustrating
and slow.

Yes. I just implied OOo is faster than Office. It's that damn bad.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> this looks like the ultimate reason to switch to OpenOffice ( and maybe even
>  Linux!)
>
>  News.com is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed a subscription service is
>  in the works for the next consumer version of their Office Suite. "Code-named
>  Albany, the product has a single installer that puts Office Home and Student,
>  OneCare, as well as a host of Windows Live services, onto a user's PC. As
>  long as users keep paying for the subscription, they are entitled to the
>  latest versions of the products. Once they stop paying, they lose the right
>  to use any version."
>  Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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>  Paul Cartwright
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