____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 07 February 2008 12:39 : \____
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Old Documents
>>
>> Does this mean they officially endorse OpenOffice.org now, for the many
>> who still need access to the documents Microsoft no longer supports?
>>
>> Why bother with MS Office at all? Like Vista, it's features seem to be
>> /diminishing/ with each release ... certainly WRT to benefits to the
>> /users/. The Vole really is backward, isn't it?
>>
>
> How else can you force people to upgrade? How else do you keep paying
> paying over and over for the same thing? BPI/MPAA etc., manage it by
> reselling the same material on shellack, vinyl, 8-track, El-cassette,
> compact-cassette, DAT, CD, DVD, Video Disc, Philips N1500, Philips
> N1700, Philips V2000, VHS, high-band VHS, Betamax, VCD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray,
> MP3, Atrac, Apple-proprietary.
I suppose that last one refers to DRM, aka "buy once, run once"?
> I count 21 formats there, although I'm sure that I've missed some,
> somewhere.
>
> Oh yeah, and when the originals start to drop-off, how about a nice
> greatest-hits compilation? The Essential Warble & Pluck? The Best of
> Warble and Pluck? Warble and Pluck Live 2,3,4,5,6,7...
>
> Ahh, makes me want to watch Spinal Tap again (this amp goes right up to
> 11, so that when you need a bit of extra oomph...).
>
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