But it does not run under windows so there is no way you can call it a Windows package....
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Hmmmm, I'll have to take a look at that. Thanks!
I love screenshots, not a lot of cute icons on those though
Both Open Office and Firefox will run under Windows 98. Windows is the first on the drop down list for operating systems for Open Office.
http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.3/index.html
For Firefox, the link for the Windows version is currently on the Mozilla front page; you have to dig for the Linux version.
http://www.mozilla.org/