Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Old Documents
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| With the blink of a 117 MB download (and an even lengthier installation
| process), Office users will no longer be able to open files in 24 older file
| formats. That means users – citizens, government employees, small business
| owners, etc. – will not be able to open their own documents saved in file
| formats used by Corel (Wordperfect), Lotus, and most versions of MS Office
| products before 2000. Instead, users will see the not-so-user-friendly
| statement below:
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| “You are attempting to open a file type that is blocked by your registry
| policy setting.”
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| When a user attempts to open one of these older files, they will receive the
| above in a dialog box and no alternative actions are given to help users get
| access to their information in these “blocked” files.
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http://www.fanaticattack.com/2008/microsoft-cuts-off-access-to-old-documents.html
Related:
Microsoft Breaks the [ODF] Plugins
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| Sun is having trouble because Microsoft is breaking interoperability
| deliberately through hi-jinks with the Dynamic-Link Libraries ("dll") in
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http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/08/microsoft-break.html
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