On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:46:01 -0700, "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com>
wrote:
>Why would he want to waste his time with OpenOffice when he has Office 2000
>Professional?
>
>OO is not ready for prime time.
>
>
>"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
>news
an.2007.08.10.03.22.36.196418@zianet.com...
>> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:57:56 -0700, Otto Genf wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
>>> Professional
>>> on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my desktop and have
>>> no
>>> need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also install it on a new
>>> Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> So try it. If it doesn't work there is still no need to blow several
>> hundred dollars on office 2007 - try OpenOffice.org - won't cost a dime
>> and will probably fulfill all your needs.
>>
>
Because, you twit, the fear is that Office 2000 may not work with
Vista...that was the initial question.
It probably does but OO definitely does...and it is ready for prime
time. Ask Dell and Lenovo who are loading it on business laptops
powered by Linux.