I read an interesting article on kind of related to this yesterday in LXF...
The upshot is that when you buy Vista with the M$ office trial the option to save in anything other than Office XML (DOCX?) is disabled. Likewise you can't copy the text in said document and paste it into another document.... Therefore any work you do in office during the trial, is completely unavailable to you if you then decide to not purchase it... Unless you know a great deal about XML and also probably have a lot of time on your hands! I'm familiar with M$'s fondness for lockin, but this to me is a breathtaking liberty to be taking with customers!!! Ben On 29/08/07, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've read it. I'm pretty sure it contravenes something on: > > http://www.asa.co.nz/code_ethics.php > > Make a difference here: > > http://www.asa.co.nz/complaint_form.php > > So. Who is going to torture themselves by transcribing it for those > who don't get the paper? > > Cheers, > Carl. > > On 29/08/07, Ross Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was intrigued to find an open letter from Microsoft addressed "To all > New > > Zealanders" on page C5 of todays Christchurch Press. > > > > It urges Standards New Zealand to support the ISO ratification of Open > XML > > standard. > > > > Cheers Ross Drummond > > > > I note from the letter that Microsoft's Christchurch office is one floor > above > > my ISP. I hope that the Microsofties are taking precautions against the > evil > > emanations from the Debian boxes on the floor below. > > > -- Regards, Ben Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] +628111880346
