The old, "how am I going to read my word documents" question answered.

[Kintaro]

Hypothetical Question: I am a Windows user. I have heard about this little insignificant operating system called Linux. I like the idea of Linux because at times Windows bothers me and also because I am deranged. This is of course not to affect the fact that I will not run Linux because I cannot run Microsoft office. I can however run a slightly more mentally disabled suite of applications called OpenOffice, however being a stubborn arsehole, or more likely: a common female, this change will be far to confusing for me to change over with.

Answer: Bollocks over your knackers for a bunch of dingos kidneys. Absolute rubbish from the giant tip at the end of the Universe in which all waste has cluttered to make an infinite black hole.

Why: I can now answer the question which is "How do you run Microsoft Office on Linux in the form of a jpeg image.

[Refalm]

M$ Office on Linux fo' free:
Frank's Corner, Office 2000

M$ Office on Linux fo' cash:

[WMD]

Are you drunk, kintaro? :p

[Kintaro]

[Warez]

No I am not drunk, nor am I planning on becoming drunk until the 9th of July when I attend a party. I am however: insane. Completely babbling mad frulong de' nuts!

Refalm: Content edit. Warez link.

[worker201]

Bah.

If someone wants me to read a Word document, I tell them to save it as an rtf before they send it to me.  That way, it opens in Linux or Windows, it doesn't use a proprietary format, and it can easily be tweaked into whatever the hell I want.

Remember, Word is just as much a Microsoft product as Windows, and both are septic tank fumes.

[Refalm]

Bah.

If someone wants me to read a Word document, I tell them to save it as an rtf before they send it to me.  That way, it opens in Linux or Windows, it doesn't use a proprietary format, and it can easily be tweaked into whatever the hell I want.

Remember, Word is just as much a Microsoft product as Windows, and both are septic tank fumes.

What?

OpenOffice.org
It's fucking awesome!

[MrX]

welcome to warez world

[Orethrius]

welcome to warez world

Tell me I misread that and you didn't just call OpenOffice warez.

[MrX]

welcome to crazy world. don't smoke.

Mr X

[worker201]

What?

OpenOffice.org
It's fucking awesome!

Of course it is.  But opening Word docs in OpenOffice is giving too much credit to Microsoft.  The first step is to break free of their programs, and OpenOffice provides a stepping stone for that.  But the second step is to break free of their formats.

We pretend that we are using OpenOffice to take Microsoft Word off our computers.  But in reality, Microsoft is using its market share and OpenOffice to put Word documents in Linux.  That's like an open door for Microsoft x11Word or some similar product.

Besides, embracing open source programs to create documents in a proprietary format is hypocracy.

[choasforages]

im known for opening a word doc and converting to something else, and when im down sending it to them in either plain text, or a pdf. i refuse to send documents out in a proriety format, unless its propreity only becuase of software patents.....all hail divx

[solemnwarning]

i use mainly text and if i actually need formatting i use html

[Calum]

Hypothetical Question: I am a Windows user. I have heard about this little insignificant operating system called Linux. I like the idea of Linux because at times Windows bothers me and also because I am deranged. This is of course not to affect the fact that I will not run Linux because I cannot run Microsoft office. I can however run a slightly more mentally disabled suite of applications called OpenOffice, however being a stubborn arsehole, or more likely: a common female, this change will be far to confusing for me to change over with.

Answer: Bollocks over your knackers for a bunch of dingos kidneys. Absolute rubbish from the giant tip at the end of the Universe in which all waste has cluttered to make an infinite black hole.

Why: I can now answer the question which is "How do you run Microsoft Office on Linux in the form of a jpeg image.

top marks! i really like your writing style, and while i am in no way interested in running ms word under linux, i think you have done an excellent job of addressing this issue!

[Kintaro]

OpenOffice totally sucks compared to MS Word. MS Word is way better in my opinion, so I use that instead, without Windows.

[solemnwarning]

i use kwrite its very fast