John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:48:16 +0100, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>>> This is also precisely why the Patent trolling has been going on, in order
>>>> to give the ill-informed the impression that Microsoft Office has some of
>>>> "2" above built-in. It hasn't, of course, but it won't stop our Microsoft
>>>> trolls here using phrases like "Microsoft Office format offers higher
>>>> fidelity". A great marketing phrase which has precisely zero meaning.
>>>
>>> Funny that you mention it. Read the first sentence *here*:
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/interop/collab/linspire/definitions2.aspx
>>>
>>> It made the front page of Digg a few hours ago, ONLY because of that sentence.
>>> Nice shot in the foot there, Microsoft attorneys.
>>>
>>haha! That's funny. You're right - it does illustrate this point very
>>well indeed.
>
> I've been using Open Office for a long time and have never missed
> Microsoft Office.
>
I do most of my work on open office now, too. I still have office on a
Windows PC which I need in order to empty the outlook thingy from time
to time, because - are you sitting down? We only get 100MBytes of
storage for our hosted email space... and then only if we ask nicely.
A few large attachments and I can't /send/ any emails. It's the most
amazingly dumb arrangement you ever did see.
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