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M$'s attempt to further proprietize Office is already doomed to failure.
M$'s attempt to further proprietize Office is
already doomed to failure.

Adoption of open alternatives will sweep M$
from the bulk of locations, over time. Not all,
just most, 'cuz - among other things -
heavy-duty corporate executives have pleaded
with M$ for years (YEARS!) to develop an
"Office-Lite," obviously to DEAF EARS, eh?

AND, agreed 150%, Office97 *IS* a perennial
workhorse!

Yeah, Office2K, etc. have more bells, whistles,
yada, yada, but for complex docs, ad hoc
tables, mailmerges, presentations, spreads,
blah blah, O97 still does the job 99.9% of the
time and now there's... OOo, which does the
usual 99.9% job also.

The collab features of current and future Office
versions are not nearly compelling enough to
mortgage out future with M$.

Proprietary XML will BURY M$Office.

The computer community will reroute around
DAMAGE like M$ stupid pet tricks, and leave it
behind.

The end of M$'s hegemony is clearly within
sight, not because there're lots of
"Greed-is-Good-fellas" running commercial
Linux outfits, but because Linux offers a
genuinely better value prop.

There it is.

And, yep! I'll keep my legit copies of Office97,
2K and a few XP's around just for the
occasional pesky compatibility issue, but
Open Offices, however they evolve, are the
future.
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Holy XML Batman  FilledOut | 01/23/04
Nail, coffin  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
Nail, coffin  NoB$ | 01/23/04
Itll be a competition  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
Why not a Linux shill????  vferrara | 01/23/04
But where's the funding?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
But where's the funding?  nrlz | 01/24/04
This is a stupid thread  Martin Marvinski | 01/24/04
Linus?  ryusen | 01/23/04
2 words: George Soros  Art Jones2 | 01/26/04
change laws  stephen732@... | 01/23/04
Can't you guys see this is a facetious post  vferrara | 01/26/04
Not Linus, more like IBM, HP, AOL,  FilledOut | 01/24/04
It wont fly  OhMyGosh | 01/23/04
it's not XML...  in-DUH-vidual | 01/23/04
silly rabit  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
I'm confused...  jesusgeek | 01/23/04
Not so easy in Europe  FirstNLastN | 01/23/04
What are the visiting hours on my documents?  Nigel Johnstone | 01/23/04
Yes, this is just one more way to enrage customers.  DonnieBoy | 01/23/04
Remember Office 97?  issthatso | 01/23/04
Remember it?  Eggs Ackley_z | 01/23/04
M$'s attempt to further proprietize Office is already doomed to failure.  dicktaurus@... | 01/23/04
So much for open standards...  prime21 | 01/23/04
Right! Mico$oft NEVER means OPEN standards! (NT)  dicktaurus@... | 01/23/04
Software patents are bad!!!  vferrara | 01/23/04
I must agree  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
Maybe not  voska | 01/23/04
OK John Carroll...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/23/04
LOL - they have heads in sand somewhere  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
Patend Technology Not Data Formats  michael-t | 01/23/04
Er... anybody read the patents?  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Can you hear me now???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/23/04
Loud and Clear  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
don't take it too seriously...  ryusen | 01/23/04
Nope  voska | 01/23/04
Read the Patents - not the poor reporting  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
You and Bruce Perens seem to agree  tic swayback | 01/23/04
don't say things like that....  ryusen | 01/23/04
Who do you think told Perens??? grin  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/23/04
If they're so cheap, how will it lock them out?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
you were told it would be cheap  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
If you don't use office what does it matter?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/24/04
I guess unlike you, I care about people  JWatson77 | 01/24/04
Save the insults for your family members.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/25/04
Here's one for you...  Patrick Jones | 01/26/04
To Patrick...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
It's the content of the license.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/24/04
Bundling proprietary with OSS  tic swayback | 01/24/04
Once again, I agree with Bit. Neat!  Damon K | 01/23/04
Microsoft trying to show how stupid they are????  DonnieBoy | 01/23/04
Easy, it's just a patent...  IT_User | 01/23/04
Who said anything about patenting a data format?  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
You have got to be kidding  serpentmage | 01/23/04
Finally - someone took the time to read the patent...  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Next up, the GNU Public Patent.  DonnieBoy | 01/23/04
Already sort of have that.  Robert Crocker | 01/24/04
A patent is merely that.  IT_User | 01/23/04
two statements from MS:  ryusen | 01/23/04
Go read the patent...  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Next up, the GNU Public Patent.  DonnieBoy | 01/23/04
Different topic, same old strategy.  chiishen | 01/23/04
Read the patent  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Oh  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/23/04
Patent this!  Eggs Ackley_z | 01/23/04
Okay, that does it, I'm patenting something!  el1jones | 01/23/04
patent this  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
I can't think of a better reason . . .  James Dean_z | 01/23/04
gee - didn't see this coming did we  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
Didn't see what?  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
OpenOffice getting to good to compete on quality  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
An MS user ready to evaluate the switch.  jimk_z | 01/23/04
Shareholders...  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Corel (Corehell), Lotus Smartsuite, MS Ofc all doOmed  FilledOut | 01/24/04
COUGH... COUGH...  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
COUGH... COUGH...  Sam_Lowry | 01/24/04
Wheeze Wheeze . . .  FilledOut | 01/25/04
Er nope  Sam_Lowry | 01/25/04
Ern ope  FilledOut | 01/27/04
MS: Office will use XML and will be open as long as it is convenient  George Jay | 01/24/04
They will come out with some fromat that makes the world have to upgrade.  boatelc | 01/24/04
You know...  BitTwiddler | 01/24/04

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