1st April 2004, 4:59 PM
I would suggest you use <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice</a>. It's a complete office suite like Microsoft Office, and it can read or write almost any Microsoft file format (notable exception being Publisher, which I just happen to have a lot of stuff in, but anyway...). So not only do you get word, but also Excel, PowerPoint, and more. It works great, is more stable than a Microsoft product, and best of all, is <b>completely free</b>. It's not even like a trial edition or shareware. So I think that would solve all your problems, solve them legally, and also toss one more straw onto Microsoft's back.