Many of these MS press releases and derivative articles aren't addressing
the extreme proprietary nature of the MSO 2003 formats. Nor do they
address the various hooks into MS server-based services. Nor do they
address the day to day practical problems presented by DRM, not to mention
the aspects like increased vendor lock-in, loss of control over the
data, and loss of privacy.
For a business, the loss of privacy means possible loss of trade secrets.
For a branch or the government, the problems are more severe.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents endanger the legal certainty of software.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, M. Fioretti wrote:
...the Foundation of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities
(CRUI) announced an initiative to allow all students in Italian
universities "to use state of the art IT tools to study and prepare
their exams", namely Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office
Professional Edition 2003 with discounts of up to 80%, because "thanks
to innovative solutions, Microsoft Office 2003 revolutionizes computer
usage"
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8739
Ciao,
Marco
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