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Canadian Law Professors Insist Banning The Sale Of Word Is Good For
Society & Innovation
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| Again, beyond common sense, the historical evidence
| suggests that these law professors are simply wrong.
| Countries with no or weak patent protection have seen
| tremendous innovation over time. And it's because it's
| competition that's the mother of innovation, not a lack
| of competition.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090923/1252326296.shtml
There are better ways to do business:
Book Authors Realizing They Need To Connect With Fans Themselves... Because Their
Publishers Sure Don't
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090924/1531276308.shtml
On Web, A Most Novel Approach
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| Poor Kelly Corrigan, first-time author, didn't get
| invited to this weekend's National Book Festival on
| the Mall to plug her 2008 memoir, "The Middle
| Place." She won't be rubbing shoulders with
| heavyweight authors such as Sue Monk Kidd, John
| Grisham or Pulitzer winner Junot Diaz. No major
| newspaper bothered to review the California mom's
| tale about cancer and family and recovery when it
| was released. Her publisher didn't send her on tour.
| All the old-school staples of book promotion -- the
| book festival, the tour, the glowing newspaper
| review -- Corrigan got none of them.
|
| What was a newbie author to do?
|
| She cobbled together a trailer for her book on her
| home computer, using iMovie software, downloading a
| free tune off the Web for background music, and
| stuck it on her Web site.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304603.html?wprss=rss_technology
Recent:
Microsoft Word Ban: Maybe it Wouldn't be so Bad
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| First, there are plenty of alternative word processors out there, most of
| which read Word files perfectly well. Sure, there might be a few formatting
| glitches, but thatâs to be expected during any file conversion. Microsoft
| Office users, particularly those who rely heavily on the well-honed
| integration between Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint, would experience
| the most problems. But, again, the ban would affect new sales of Word, not
| existing copies. So users would have time to develop workarounds.
|
| Plus, thereâd be one big silver lining to a Microsoft Word ban: A true
| universal document format could take hold, one that replaces todayâs defacto
| standard -- Microsoftâs doc/docx -- thatâs tied too closely to the whims of
| one software vendor.
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| Word ban? Sure, why not?
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/171498/microsoft_word_ban_maybe_it_wouldnt_be_so_bad.html
A few creative options for working without Word
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/31/technicalities-word-alternatives.aspx
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