Cheap Great Software and MS Products I've Thrown Out

A Listmania! list by "smilingfez"
 
StarOffice 6.0
1.  StarOffice 6.0 by Sun Microsystems
The list author says:
  "Opens all the Microsoft Office formats and saves in them too, but for soooooo much less money. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and drawing program equivalents. Free in Red Hat Linux or from getopenoffice.org"
Used & New from: £0.99
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Microsoft Office XP Standard for Students and Teachers
2.  Microsoft Office XP Standard for Students and Teachers by Microsoft
The list author says:
  "I thought I needed it, but I was wasting the school budget. The number one thing you don't need. Think it's cheap? Think again. You can get the same for cheap or free. See StarOffice in this list."
Used & New from: £38.99
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Office XP Standard
3.  Office XP Standard by Microsoft
The list author says:
  "I paid for this at home, and now I want to shoot myself. StarOffice is so much less."
Used & New from: £45.00
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press)
4.  Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press) by Solveig Haugland
The list author says:
  "Brilliant book on how to actually do things and not just an endless treatise on how clever the software people were."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Office XP For Dummies
5.  Office XP For Dummies by Wallace Wang
The list author says:
  "I bought this too, and it's now in the dustbin."
£14.03   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Windows XP Home Edition
6.  Windows XP Home Edition by Microsoft
The list author says:
  "Something else I'll never buy again that you don't need either."
Used & New from: £199.98
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Red Hat Linux 8.0 Personal
7.  Red Hat Linux 8.0 Personal by Red Hat
The list author says:
  "My new operating system, linux, which is actually reasonably easy this time. I got a clever young man to come in from the linux users group and he made it rather simple for all of the teachers."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Windows XP Annoyances
8.  Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp
The list author says:
  "The other book in my dustbin. The biggest Windows annoyance is paying for it, and I don't do that anymore."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Red Hat Linux 8 Bible
9.  Red Hat Linux 8 Bible by Christopher Negus
The list author says:
  "And this is what is on the shelf instead. Like the StarOffice book it's actually clear about what needs doing."
Used & New from: £0.01
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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