On 10/10/06, Jerome Gotangco
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On 10/10/06, renlux < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, it's easier for gov.ph's webmaster to put "download Microsoft Office"
> and "download Adobe PDF reader" buttons in ther website but I always wonder
> if it's also easy for their conscience to encourage Filipinos to buy those
> expensive Software. And sometimes I'm asking myself, is the Philippine
> government a promoter of Microsoft Products and non-open standards?
Playing the devil's advocate, you don't really need actual MS Office
to open the documents in MS formats on windows. You just need the
viewers really. They actually work with wine even.
Editing them is another story.
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