On 27Dec2007 08:50, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| If my information is correct I believe Microsoft have been doing a 
| rather dirty trick.

Gosh. That's unlike them!

| Their latest version of Office, Office2007 appears to save documents 
| in a form which requires a download from Microsoft to be able to read 
| it, .docx, and this is real nasty.
[...]
| This must also affect other version office users?

They pulled this rubbish with Office2000, too. Of course, _that_ they
called plain .doc, but everyone on the planet needed to buy new copies
of office to keep up.

It's a core part of their revenue model.
-- 
Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

Did microsoft take you today? Where do you want them to go?


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