Mike Hall (MS-MVP) shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Amadee

I object to the misspelling of my first name.

I have heard directly from people who have downloaded and used it.. I
haven't done so personally, and I am not likely to do so as I have no
desire presently to get used to the ways of another Office Suite..

Excellent. I respect your choice, knowing that you are aware there is a
choice.

Re. 'hearsay'.. I object to the use of that word..

Cultural/language differences?

And if you think that I am a Microsoft user through and through, then
get this.. I would still be using Corel WordPerfect 7 if it worked
with XP.. it was in my opinion the best version of WP to present
day.. it didn't have all of the features that MS Word had or has, but
it was excellent for letter templates, labels, envelopes et al.. I
always secretly hoped that MS (mainly because they have the funds)
would bring out an Office Suite that embodied the best parts from WP
and also Lotus WordPro.. they didn't, of course.. they released
Office 2003 instead.. :-)

I know *exactly* what you mean because I have also used Corel WP and
Lotus Smartsuite. I could do stunning things with envelopes (in Lotus
WordPro) that are now almost impossible.

I have a legal and full version of MS Office 2003 Pro running on this
system

Good for you. Really. No sarcasm.
At work I have Office 2000, and at home my wife has Office 2003. All
full and legal. I do more work in Excel (or OpenCalc) than Word (or
OpenWriter) but I know my way.

There are a lot of people "out there" and even "in here" who don't have
a legal version of MS Office. These people have 3 options:
1) buy a proper version (most of them will never do that untill a
Microsoft landshark comes knocking at their door.)
2) keep on using an illegal version, thus increasing the market share
of Microsoft but at the same time decreasing its profit. I have no
other word than theft for describing this.
3) use "something else" that doesn't have legal issues.

Option 1 is of course the best option that I will always defend. If
option 1 isn't chosen for whatever reason, I think it's immoral do
defend option 2.

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Amedee Van Gasse