Gonna make jump into openoffice.org & Thunderbird on Windows

I've got to get this off my chest because it's aggravating the fuck out of me.

I generally use GoogleDocs a lot as my backup to Microsoft Office but I think Google is missing a basic concept with Google Docs and cloud computing in general (actually everyone is missing this on cloud computing.)

A: I simply can not and will not totally rely on the Internet. I've got to be able to work and get my job done without Internet access. For multiple reasons.

B: I don't trust that Google isn't searching though everything I put on GoogleDocs,

C: I don't trust that my stuff won't be accessible to the public if you know where to look.

The only way to secure a document if it has any personal info on it, is to not put it on the Internet. That's impossible with GoogleDocs or any "Cloud Computing" system. I like the intent of cloud computing but not the real world practice I've seen so far, logically it's about as insecure as you can get.

Anyway In the last few weeks my The Microsoft Office "Genuine Advantage" popped up telling me that the copy of Office I'm running is fucking Pirated. My eyes about bugged out of my head and I doubled checked everything and sure enough I'm using the right ones everything checks out, they're legit. But you can't fucking contact Microsoft without getting billed $250 so your basically fucked, just talking with those fuckers costs the same as a new Copy Of Office?! Well Fuck You Microsoft! You lying fraudulent cheating sons a bitches! If I didn't have to use AutoCAD to get my job done, I'd be switching to Apple or Ubuntu in a fucking heartbeat.

I don't understand how Microsoft has this reputation for taking care of their customers. Well I guess they consider HP & Dell their customers. They get all the Hookers and kickbacks while us real customers just get raped.

Anyway I've tried Open Office in the past and trying to juggle the different file formats was a royal pain in the ass. But I found a helpful hint at Mydigitallife that shows you how to set all the defaults to the Windows defaults totally fixing that and that was my only real Beef with Open Office. So I'm a lot more hopeful. I also never tried Thunderbird Before. Just put in Thunderbird2 I'm running into a glitch with the Password.