Get Legal - Get OpenOffice.org

Is your office software legal? According to figures published by Microsoft, 35% of the software in the world is thought to be counterfeit or otherwise illegal.

After years of unofficially tolerating piracy as a means of securing market share, Microsoft is now going on the offensive to make sure copies of its software are legitimate.

• It has just bought a software company specialising in detecting what software is installed on PCs.
• It is now using the internet to put piracy detection software into copies of MS-Office on people's PCs.
• Around the world, the Business Software Alliance is setting up schemes to prosecute offenders - for example, in the UK it is offering large cash rewards to anyone who informs against organisations.
• Microsoft itself admits customers find it difficult to navigate the complexities of software licensing - it's easy to break the rules by mistake.

If you have a copy of MS-Office at work, at school, at home - are you sure where it came from?

Fortunately, there is a completely legal and free alternative. OpenOffice.org 2 is a fully-featured office suite, similar in functionality to MS-Office. OpenOffice.org 2 does everything you need: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and much more. It can even use MS-Office format files (.doc, .xls, .ppt), so you don't need to re-type your work. What's more, it does things MS-Office does not, such as create pdf files to give to other people.

If you can use MS-Office, you can use OpenOffice.org 2. Studies have shown it is ten times cheaper to move to OpenOffice.org 2 than it is to upgrade to MS-Office 2007.

A poll has indicated 86% of users would prefer to try OpenOffice.org 2 rather than buy MS-Office 2003.

So what are you waiting for? It costs nothing to try. If you like it, OpenOffice.org 2 costs nothing to use for as long as you like, wherever you like. Peace of mind at no cost.

More about OpenOffice.org Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Graphics Database Brochure (pdf) Other reasons why OpenOffice.org Migration costs USA France Further reading Illegal software Piracy tolerated Piracy encouraged Microsoft acquires AssetMetrix Microsoft licensing push Reward for informers Complex licences Schools threatened Ten times cheaper 86% prefer OpenOffice.org 2

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