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As more governments and government agencies move to Linux and Open Office (OO), the need for proprietary MS formats decreases. My justification for this is that the governments can dictate what formats are acceptable.

ex. "Sorry Mr Jones, your online building permit application was summarily rejected because OO 1.1 was unable to read your .doc file. Please remit $75 to apply again. Please be sure that the file can be opened in OO 1.1. Have a nice day."
Posted by: Letophoro   Posted on: 03/18/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The missing details  Michael Kelly | 03/18/04
Gnome and KDE  OhMyGosh | 03/18/04
Here is exactly what a lot of people don't understand:  rock06r | 03/18/04
And therein lies what you don't  MkIIISupra | 03/18/04
How about no000  Suicida| | 03/18/04
Gnome  Joe Blow_z | 03/18/04
personal prefference?  ryusen | 03/18/04
Exactly  NemesisNL | 03/18/04
doesnt really matter  Suicida| | 03/18/04
Suse does offer a free version  NemesisNL | 03/18/04
I know  Michael Kelly | 03/18/04
SuSE has always...  doh123 | 03/18/04
Gotta love this one!!!  Michael Kelly | 03/18/04
OpenOffice problems  OhMyGosh | 03/18/04
Not a problem...  shawkins | 03/18/04
Not a problem...  seosamh_z | 03/18/04
Proprietary file format = monopolists control  gath | 03/18/04
Proprietary file format = monopolists control  seosamh_z | 03/18/04
Time to put this to rest...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/19/04
Can openoffice create  rock06r | 03/18/04
your analogy  doh123 | 03/18/04
re: not a problem...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/19/04
Not a Problem  Letophoro | 03/18/04
IF they migrate to the latest MS Office  IT_User | 03/18/04
BS  Suicida| | 03/18/04
Good to know  IT_User | 03/19/04
Did anyone see a date for release?  MkIIISupra | 03/18/04
Early May  Jose Jimenez | 03/18/04
date for release  bchesmer | 03/18/04
Thanks!  MkIIISupra | 03/18/04
Juicy  Chad_z | 03/18/04
in the spirit of Mike Cox...  dpayne@... | 03/18/04
Excuse me...  Mike Cox | 03/18/04
No Excuse for either of you two  nucrash | 03/18/04
Mike has a point...  ryusen | 03/18/04
Mike!  bchesmer | 03/18/04
Taps for Linux  bjbrock | 03/18/04
Not worried one bit!  MkIIISupra | 03/18/04
You can worry about SUSE  Chad_z | 03/18/04
Yawn, zzzzzzzzzzz  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/18/04
Only you  CobraA1 | 03/18/04
Novell plans major Linux OS update  Loverock Davidson | 03/18/04
So if we removed your  MkIIISupra | 03/18/04
Awww  Loverock Davidson | 03/18/04
I hope this doesn't kill SuSE  CobraA1 | 03/18/04

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