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Dad: "Wait, let me check the computer"

[Lucky Dad is in the Excel 2007 software Microsoft's innovative]

[Operation Excel 850 * 77.1]

Dad: "That comes to 100,000 just"

Ben: "So what my calculator says it's 65,535?"

Dad: "Who said spreadsheet does not make mistakes?"

Ben: "So, second, if this calculation is wrong, maybe some more mistakes he makes?"

Dad: "Like what?"

Ben: "Like the reports submitted to the IRS ... preparing them to Excel ... what if was reporting false report and signed it?"

Dad: "Well, look, I really do not know, only Microsoft can know that only she has the source code, but ... never mind, then anyone who uses Microsoft software to fear not only BSA but also what the IRS will get him in jail. Is carelessly ... "

Ben: "But Dad, I heard that software like Excel, called OpenOffice Calc , I checked there, and it does not happen! Why not use that product instead? Is also free ... "

Dad: "Forget about Ben, this item mom and dad there, who ever heard of Sun Microsystems? And free? It can not be good. There's no support. Better pay and take the chance we go to jail ... "

(For the avoidance of doubt: this conversation we never had, but theoretically, you can see why it is absolutely possible ...)

(Source: The Inquirer )