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The old, "how am I going to read my word documents" question answered.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Bah.
If someone wants me to read a Word document, I tell them to save it as an rtf before they send it to me. That way, it opens in Linux or Windows, it doesn't use a proprietary format, and it can easily be tweaked into whatever the hell I want.
Remember, Word is just as much a Microsoft product as Windows, and both are septic tank fumes.
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What?
OpenOffice.org
It's fucking awesome!
MrX:
welcome to warez world
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: MrX ---welcome to warez world
--- End quote ---
Tell me I misread that and you didn't just call OpenOffice warez.
MrX:
welcome to crazy world. don't smoke.
Mr X
worker201:
--- Quote from: Refalm ---What?
OpenOffice.org
It's fucking awesome!
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Of course it is. But opening Word docs in OpenOffice is giving too much credit to Microsoft. The first step is to break free of their programs, and OpenOffice provides a stepping stone for that. But the second step is to break free of their formats.
We pretend that we are using OpenOffice to take Microsoft Word off our computers. But in reality, Microsoft is using its market share and OpenOffice to put Word documents in Linux. That's like an open door for Microsoft x11Word or some similar product.
Besides, embracing open source programs to create documents in a proprietary format is hypocracy.
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