Ah, if he means Office then he should've said that.
After viruses toasted my computer and I had to rebuild from scratch, Microsoft told me that my legit copy of Office Pro 07 wasn't legit and refused to register it again. So I downloaded Open Office and am content. Screw Microsoft.
I don't know if he did mean that. I know a few people who get them mixed up sometimes, though.
That sucks, although I'm not really surprised. Our roommate had a similar problem when he changed computers. He was keeping his old one just so he could use Office on it.