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Author: Mike Schwartz
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CC: Mike L Schwartz
Subject: Re: Microsoft Office is now incompatible with...Microsoft Office
On Jan 4, 2008 2:33 AM, Tuna <> wrote:

> Dazed_75 wrote:
> > Couple things. While Vista made number 1 on pcworlds disappointment
> > list, Office 2007 independently made the list (somewhere around #7 I
> > think). The incompatibility is old news though. What is new is that
> > MS has added readers/patches to allow users of older Office products
> > (at least 2003, maybe more) to READ the .docx files from Office 2007
> > but not to change them. Your point remains valid, but OO doesn't
> > solve it either. Another example of M$ arrogance.
> >
> > BTW, XP SP3 will be including some Vista stuff though I do not know
> > what. Scary though.
> >
> Didn't they patent the idea of putting spyware into an operating system
> a while back? That could be it...
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> Another example of M$ arrogance


Another reason to use software that stores data in formats
that are defined by true standards (that is, non proprietary).
--
Mike Schwartz
Glendale AZ

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