Free Linux and OpenOffice - even if your email address doesn't

My sanity and stress-level is worth something too. And having had dealings with the so-called 'support deparetments' of several companies including M$, I have ocme to the conclusion that it's quicker and cheaper to support things muself. Although actually, I've found the support from the authors of free software to be a lot more helpful in solving prolems (whether caused by a bug in their code or not) than any company I've had dealings with. And there is no way I am going to use anything I can't support myself. Which means I won't depend on any hardware I don't have full schematics for, I won't depend on any software I don't have the source code for. I don;t require it to be 'open', I don't mind if the schematics and source are not freely copyable and that I have to pay to get, say, a technical manaual containing said schematics. -tony