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Just don't buy any new MS apps.
Use their old stuff that you already own and then make the switch to Open Office on new systems. There is no sound business reason to be held hostage by Microsoft. It would have cost them nothing but future sales (forced upgrades to be more exact) to support their own file formats. This is exactly the reason for the push to an open document standard.

CEO's need to realize that MS is becoming a liability to their companies and need to force CIO's to start looking at the bottom line with every IT decision.
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Just don't buy any new MS apps.  bjbrock | 01/04/08
Good Business  mist42nz | 01/25/08
Welcome to the spin zone  frgough | 01/04/08
SPINNERS  theo_durcan | 01/04/08
If you want a book, fair enoug  phil wainewright ZDNet Moderator | 01/04/08
Ever hear of Open Office?  Linux User 147560 | 01/04/08
Huh?  3D0G | 01/04/08
Remind me again  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/04/08
How 'bout this?  dave.leigh@... | 01/04/08
And now MS filed antitrust agains Apple iTunes  LittleGuy | 01/04/08
Wrong!  3D0G | 01/04/08
Does the money trail lead to Microsoft?  jayk_z | 01/08/08
Wow. Was that a spin, or just a mistake?  GuidingLight | 01/04/08
RE: Microsoft breaks the perpetual licence covenant  par7133_z | 01/04/08
Do you expect your PC supplier to build you a new PC with a 5 1/2 " floppy?  hornerea | 01/04/08
Just wait until XP is killed  DarthRidiculous | 01/04/08
This one is the scary part about WGA!  terry flores | 01/04/08
Or just remove WGA?  GuidingLight | 01/04/08
True for some computers  DarthRidiculous | 01/04/08
I had never thought of it before  Ole Man | 02/15/08
Kind of like running Apple's older OS's, or linux  GuidingLight | 01/04/08
Well...  ego.sum.stig@... | 01/04/08
Has nothing to do with my point  DarthRidiculous | 01/04/08
cause you have no point..just speculation  otaddy | 01/05/08
Par for the course  whisperycat | 01/04/08
Many underestimate the impact  Chad_z | 01/04/08
RE: Microsoft breaks the perpetual licence covenant  mike.e@... | 01/04/08
Why?  techboy_z | 01/04/08
Faulty premis... Faulty assumptions...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/08
You analogy is faulty...  mrOSX | 01/04/08
Huh?  techboy_z | 01/04/08
Heh, heh, heh  NetArch. | 01/07/08
Faulty Logic  Robert Crocker | 01/07/08
From the user standpoint, *no* M$ format is safe now...  techboy_z | 01/04/08
Am I missing something?  3D0G | 01/04/08
Wonderful...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/04/08
Freedom through Documentation  BP314 | 01/04/08
For the most part...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/04/08
What about straight text files?  THEE WOLF | 01/04/08
RE: Microsoft breaks the perpetual licence covenant  berock | 01/05/08
Fixes to re-enable file formats & Microsoft's mea culpa  berock | 01/05/08
hyperlinks  berock | 01/05/08
March of time  gsteele531@... | 01/05/08
Well..  ego.sum.stig@... | 01/05/08
just speculation at this point  otaddy | 01/05/08
So?  ego.sum.stig@... | 01/07/08
Yes speculation can be fun  otaddy | 01/07/08
Actually yes  ego.sum.stig@... | 01/08/08
Death is just speculation, at this point, also  Ole Man | 01/10/08
Nice try Ole Man  laura.b | 01/14/08
Wrong again!  Ole Man | 01/14/08
Fact vs speculation  laura.b | 01/14/08
Have it your way!  Ole Man | 01/14/08
.....  thungurknifur | 01/17/08
Wait  laura.b | 01/14/08
RE: Microsoft breaks the perpetual licence covenant  dsides@... | 01/10/08
You misunderstand, no support was withdrawn from Office 2003 files  georgeou | 01/13/08
Who misunderstands what?  Ole Man | 01/13/08
Alright Ole Man  laura.b | 01/14/08
I am not an educational institution  Ole Man | 01/14/08
Didn't ask for an education  laura.b | 01/14/08
Burger King it!  Ole Man | 01/14/08
Btw, point by point  laura.b | 01/14/08
No point by point.............  Ole Man | 01/14/08
I misunderstand the whole issue  cornpie | 01/18/08

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