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____/ Joel on Monday 14 Dec 2009 16:28 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>Helpline: Office 2000, Windows 7 not the best match
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Q: Could you tell me if Office 2000 will work
>>| with the new Windows 7 operating system?
>>|
>>| A: Keeping in mind that Office 2000 is 9 years
>>| old and is three versions out of date, you
>>| should not be surprised to learn that it is
>>| not fully compatible with Windows 7.
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6758475.html
>>
>>Train wreck.
>
>
> Do you do *anything* but find irrelevant bullshit like that to flood
> the newsgroup with, in your life? Office 2000 has not been a fully
> supported product since 2004, and extended support ended earlier this
> year. That's how desktop software works - people don't support
> outdated versions eternally, and that ain't unique to Microsoft.
>
> Particularly, in this case, they needed to focus on making Vista/7
> compatible with more recent version(s) of Office (mainly Office 2003,
> which was still fully supported when Vista came out) - the OS rewrite
> would have made it incredibly impractical to go all the way back to
> Office 2000. But you Linux people would probably criticize them for
> doing what they had to do in the first place (recoding the OS),
> because you think your software is so flawless, and so endlessly
> supported - neither of which are true.
You have evaded the subject.
If the software runs with older versions of Windows, why should Vista 7 end it?
Should it not be agnostic?
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