A link they sent me

True, but China is kind of the piracy capital of the world and I'm now worried it will explode the hard disk or steal bank details or do a smell out of the USB stick or something

Anyway, it seems to work

Posted By: Old Git on June 15th 2011 at 10:12:41

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I have downloaded Microsoft Office 2007 for about ?60 (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 09:46:04
- ^^^funding terrorism (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 15, 10:24:54
- You need to switch it to the English version somewhere (General Chat) - pants, Jun 15, 10:13:44
  - and now the geeks at work have fixed Mrs Git's old lappy anyway (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 10:17:30
    - Glad you went down that route (General Chat) - pants, Jun 15, 10:20:14
      - Yes they did (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 10:24:33
- I Use Open Office (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jun 15, 10:05:24
  - Libre Office (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 10:07:43
- What's half in Chinese, the receipt? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 09:57:44
  - yes and yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 10:00:42
    - No immediate reason to think it's dodgy - where was the download from? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 10:05:48
      - A link they sent me (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 10:12:41
        
        What's the website of the company you bought it off - we'll soon tell you if you're fundin (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 10:32:20
        
        these chappies (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 10:39:47
        
        Hmm. Chappy, singular, if you take the hint in the domain registration info (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 10:58:46
        
        If I had to bet on it, I'd say it's hooky, because I'm a sceptical git, and there's no evi (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 11:02:11
        
        Wouldn't microsoft have a site like that shut down in seconds though? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 15, 11:02:08
        
        You'd've thought so, but what jurisdiction would they have in China? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 11:06:51
        
        Geolocator suggests it's hosted in the US ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 11:21:15
        
        True. OG, it won't really matter if it's cocked anyway, it's still gonna work (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 15, 11:15:53
- The question really is why you didn't download Libre Office (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 09:50:40
  - Because I haven't heard of it (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 09:51:55
    - Well why didn't you ask? (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 09:58:21
      - Humph (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 15, 09:59:21
      - does it have a version of outlook included? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 15, 09:59:18
        
        Evolution (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 10:08:41
        
        but not included? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 15, 10:14:43
        
        Does it matter how its packaged? (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 10:17:05
        
        depending on how they all interact with one another it could well do (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 15, 12:19:24
        
        Developed and supported by Novell (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 15, 10:10:40

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