____/ Attila on Sunday 24 June 2007 14:39 : \____
> flyer wrote:
>
>>
>> The Big Bill Gates Charity Lies Continue.
>>
>> Make sure to buy his Big Pharma DRUGS though.
>> "Where do you want drugs to send you and your kids today? Wheeee!"
>>
>> MS Charity - withdrawing support from a community near you.
>>
>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/22/microsoft_mar_ditches_office/
> Hi Flyer :-)
> Isn't this just one more reason to choose open source from the get-go? Go
> with M$ and sooner or later you will get stung. Did those charities really
> *need* M$ Word? Maybe there is some reason but I can't feel too sorry for
> them at this point.
> Cheers,
> Att
The real issue here is that they got locked in. File formats will keep their
vital data hostage. They had a teaser/trial version with an empty promise of
zero cost for the future. Then greed kicked in. I said this earlier in a
different thread, but we are beginning to see many signs that Microsoft
squeezes the golden goose in order to keep up its otherwise-declining revenues
(and, no, stock kickbacks can't hide this).
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