____/ Mark Kent on Friday 08 February 2008 07:41 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ 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"?
>
> Hehe yeah, that was the one. I couldn't recall Apple's name for it...
iRipoff. It's not compatible with GNU/Linux though. Apple does know what
GNU/Linux means.
>>> 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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