getting SoftMaker Office 2008 FREE until December 31

[mave]

Hi.

here in Germany, again, the SoftMaker in Nuernberg gives to all FREE licences of its Office-Package Softmaker 2008:

# TextMaker 2008, the friendly, full-featured word processor
# PlanMaker 2008, the reliable, full-featured spreadsheet
# SoftMaker Presentations 2008, an alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint
# BasicMaker 2008 (Windows only), a BASIC scripting language
# Unrestricted software, can be used perpetually
# Seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office

For every successful download SoftMaker donates € 0.10 to well-chosen development and charity projects on betterplace.org.

Licence ist able to be updated.

Here:

http://www.loadandhelp.de/home-en.html

For me, it's running under Puppy a long time. Copy the directory /office2008 unter /opt, link to desktop an go on, or make a pet or create a sfs... SoftMaker Office is compiled static, running under Puppy ist easy...

Regards,
Markus

[Jasper]

Hi,

Excellent news. I have been using the English version of the 2008 (click to install on Puppy) suite since last December.

The writer element (of an older free version) has long been recommended by BarryK and all three elements load instantaneously on my box.

The Windows version is also free until the end of the year.

My regards

[Lobster]

Many thanks mave,

Installed the deb With Puppy 5.2
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy52

[Bert]

I have a question about the Softmaker License Key. How does it work? Can you just install the Softmaker suite anywhere you want, as many times as you want? Make Pets or SFS from it and use those without restriction and without built-in time bomb?

In the past, I've had very bad experiences with (expensive windows) programs that came with a license key. I know Softmaker is great, but the licensing makes me hesitant.
(and it's not open source yet )

[Jasper]

Hi Bert,

A single-user licence allows installation on multiple machines, but multiple users are not allowed simultaneous use.

Above paraphrased from page 21 of the extensive writer help menu.

It may be useful to save any registration details emailed to you to enable re-installation.

My regards

[Bert]

Thank you Sir Jasper,

That arrangement sounds reasonable.

[mave]

Hi Bert,

on http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofl_en.htm you can read: "for up to 3 PCs in one household or company"... details in
http://www.softmaker.com/english/license2010_en.htm:

1.You may EITHER install and use one copy of the Software on up to 3 (three) computers simultaneously, so long as all of these computers belong to the same household or company at the same physical location;

2.ALTERNATIVELY, you may install one copy of the Software on up to 5 (five) computers that are owned by the same person or company, so long as only one copy of the Software is in use at any given time.

These licensing options may be exercised at your discretion, but not simultaneously.

Markus

[2lss]

here in Germany, again, the SoftMaker in Nuernberg gives to all FREE licences of its Office-Package Softmaker 2008:

I am slightly confused, are you offering a free license or a free download?

[chrome307]

Free license and download available until 31 December 2010.