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pkd_lives:
Well this one appeared on the front page. It's actually rather sucsinct in what it has to say. i.e. When a software product is complete and a customer has the resources to run it, M$ loose out. Hence the need for subsciption software.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/05/1033538810345.html

Refalm:
Yeah.. typical Microsoft... "We screwed up, it's your fault."

Just like Bill Gates once said about Windows: "Windows is bug free. These so called bugs are user errors."

And a year later, Bill Gates said that Microsoft would bring out more frequent bugfixes. What's this Bill? I thought Windows didn't had bugs?

poloktim:
Bah! Microsoft is blaming people because we have different views.

I saw this scheme it said on the box in a huge sticker (what I can remember):

Microsoft Office XP: $1299 Or you can pay only $400 a year for unlimited upgrades and technical support.

Bah! I'd pay the $1299 if I was forced to get it. I'm perfectly content with Office 2000 though (I know, it's M$ but I use it at school, it is basically a necissity to use MS Office). Office XP is just like Office 2000 so there is no need to upgrade. Better yet don't follow my example and use Open Source software.

Calum:
office 2000 is exactly the same as office 97 also.

some office suites are starting to be compatible with M$' file types anyway, although what we really need is for M$' file types to cease to be so much of a 'standard' and for people to stop rudely demanding their stuff in word documents.

This happened to my girlfriend this week. she submitted her work to her editor as text files and jpeg files and he responded with a nonsensical missive telling her to attach folders of word documents instead next time. what a dumbass, so now she will have to ring him up and ask him what he is talking about because sending pictures embedded in word documents, instead of jpegs via email seems really dumb, let alone his moronic 'send attachments as folders' comment.

And this editor uses a mac! what must the windoids be like!?!?!?!

sorry, rant over...

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
office 2000 is exactly the same as office 97 also.

some office suites are starting to be compatible with M$' file types anyway, although what we really need is for M$' file types to cease to be so much of a 'standard' and for people to stop rudely demanding their stuff in word documents.

This happened to my girlfriend this week. she submitted her work to her editor as text files and jpeg files and he responded with a nonsensical missive telling her to attach folders of word documents instead next time. what a dumbass, so now she will have to ring him up and ask him what he is talking about because sending pictures embedded in word documents, instead of jpegs via email seems really dumb, let alone his moronic 'send attachments as folders' comment.

And this editor uses a mac! what must the windoids be like!?!?!?!

sorry, rant over...
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This guy is an arsehole and should be ashamed of himself as a "Mac" user. Thankfully, not every Mac user uses M$ word or Office, eventhough it would be very convenient in most cases when you have *.doc files lying around and can't get AppleWorks convert them for you.

Take me for example. I have numerous assignments written in Office 97 and I couldn't get them to open in AppleWorks. So I had to save them all as *.rtf files and open them with TextEdit (a text editor). Of course all my previous format was gone. No tables, no numbering, bulleting etc but who cares. As long as I'm M$ free I don't mind   . (This applies for Greek and not English *.doc files which AppleWorks opens correctly)

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