__/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Thursday 28 September 2006 09:44 \__
> In <1159411371.258591@xxxxxxxxxx> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> yttrx wrote:
>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=143
>>>
>>> Jesus.
>>
>> Yes, yttrx, that is disturbing. I do not know of any other validation
>> scheme that locks one out without advice on how to recover. Paying an
>> additional hundred quid for a roached original and legally purchased
>> copy is IMHO, extortion.
>
> It's either a bug in RC1 or a try on. Take your pick.
This is excellent news!!! Only earlier today I thought about all these
pirated copies of Office that essentially make Microsoft Office as cheap as
OpenOffice (free). I look forward to seeing more of ODF. PowerPoint 2003, by
the way, appears to be interchangeable (including common macros) with
OpenOffice Impress. That left me impressed!
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