__/ [ Freeride ] on Tuesday 21 November 2006 01:39 \__
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php/16533/Office-2007-Includes-WGA-Kill-Switch
>
>>"Buried in a Knowledge Base article that Microsoft published to the Web
>>on November 14 are details of Microsoft's plans to combat Office 2007
>>piracy via new Office Genuine Advantage lockdowns. Microsoft's intentions
>>are clear: Just as it is doing with Vista, Microsoft plans to incorporate
>>what basically amounts to a 'kill switch' into Office 2007. Office 2007
>>users who can't or won't pass activation muster within a set time period
>>will be moved into 'reduced-functionality mode', according to Microsoft."
>
>
> Wow Microsoft innovation at its finest.
*LOL* Yes, and it's good news to Open Source, given the existing scale and
prevalence of piracy (OEM's don't preinsatll Office). I first heard about
this last month.
MS Office antipiracy checks to become mandatory
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| The company's Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program will require
| mandatory validation of Office software on Friday, the software
| vendor quietly disclosed on Thursday. After that date, any Office
| Online templates downloaded from within the Office 2007 Microsoft
| Office System applications will require validation of legitimacy.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/26/HNantipiracychecks_1.html
But my question is this: do we /really/ need 400,000,000 (Microsoft's
inflated figures) more OpenOffice users?
100,000,000 OpenOffice.org fans can't be wrong
,----[ Quote ]
| Simon's official response explained the business rationale behind
| offering support for OpenOffice.org: "OpenOffice.org has becomep
| henomenally successful, Sun alone has shipped more than 70 million
| copies of OpenOffice.org 2.0," he said. "Out there, there
| are maybe 100 million copies of OpenOffice.org. It would be
| senseless to ignore that opportunity."
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/100000000_openo.html
Here are some other recent links of interest.
Why Free and Open Source Software is important to a global organization
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| "Everybody uses Word, why use anything else it just causes trouble".
|
| This sentiment is very common today and is often repeated in one
| form or another as a justification to use Microsoft Products
| exclusively.
|
| To be fair there are organizations where this may in fact be the
| path of least resistance and in some cases may even be the right
| answer.
|
| However...
|
| In any GLOBAL organization there are several other factors that need
| to be considered before you decide it is just more convenient to use
| "Word". This is particularly true in a global organization dedicated
| to teaching the Bible. Why?
|
| Because by using the Word format you are indirectly forcing people to
| either spend money they do not have for MS Word licenses, or you are
| encouraging them to steal software from Microsoft by using pirated
| copies.
|
| Obviously both of these choices are unacceptable.
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http://quickworx.info/index.php/2006/11/05/why-free-and-open-source-software-is-important-to-a-global-organization/
http://tinyurl.com/y6mvzq
Office 2007 may be Microsoft's Titanic: former Government IT boss
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| Bill Gates has been talking up Office 2007 ahead of its business launch
| on November 30. However, the recently departed deputy CIO of one of
| Australia's biggest government Microsoft sites believes introducing
| the new version of Microsoft Office may be the company's biggest
| ever disaster.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7234/53/
Best wishes,
Roy
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