Unbelievable!
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From: "Tom Piwowar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:24 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA?
While the RIAA tells us it is illegal to convert old-format media into
new-format media, MS Office does them one better by blocking old file
formats.
Office SP3 disables the ability to open 24 file formats. Not only will
Office SP3 stop opening formats from competitors, it blocks files
produced by the current version of Mac Office and even older versions of
Office for Windows. I guess MS has gotten sick and tired of people
hanging on to older versions of Office. (Those looking for Office
upgrades will also be pissed when they discover that their old versions
have been declared not upgradable by MS.)
If my reading of their multiple, poorly written tech notes is correct it
won't even allow you to open TXT files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/en-us
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