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linuxwrangler writes "According to Infoworld, Microsoft has announced that as of October 15 some third-party software and older versions of MSN Messenger will no longer be able to log in to their Instant Messaging service. Microsoft cited 'security issues', but declined to offer specifics. The company sent an email alert to Messenger users, but users reported thinking the message was a hoax or virus after receiving over a dozen copies of the email."
- Liberating poor countries from their oil is cool. It makes citizens with a low self-esteem feel like THEY PERSONALLY rule the world.
- Firing a few hundred missiles from a safe distance is very heroic.
- All of the soldiers who killed their own comrades and allies were heroes.
- That blonde chick who failed her mission because she was too dumb to find her way is definitely a hero.
- You don't need to be worth something to be accepted. You just need to wave a flag and shout "God bless America!"
- Every failure can be a hero in Bush's America!
- Seeing Dubya in a flight suit on board a carrier makes republicans shoot their load in seconds!
And as long as all of the above is true, the lies will go on.The company sent an email alert to Messenger users, but users reported thinking the message was a hoax or virus after receiving over a dozen copies of the email.
So have all the M$-targetted email worms actually done something besides be an annoyance?
On second thought, it's just Microsoft employee stupidity for sending multiple copies.
that's right. you fauxking thieving/murdering georgewellian fuddite phonIEs/stock markup billyonerrors best get ready to see the light. there's no going back, & nowhere to hide.
.asp for va lairIE's whoreabull pateNTdead PostBlock(tm) devise?, used against the truth/to protect robbIE's payper liesense stock markup bosses/corepirate nazi 'sponsors'. yuk.
fortunately, for most of US, mr stallman et AL, etcetera, is now offering comparable/superior software, to the payper liesense spy/bug wear feechurned models, in almost every circumstance. there'll be few, if any more softwar billyonerrors, as if there's a need for even won. tell 'em robbIE. you are won of the last wons whois soul DOWt, right?
what might happen to US if unprecedented evile/the felonious georgewellian southern baptist freemason fuddite rain of error, fails to be intervened on?
you already know that too. stop pretending. it doesn't help/makes things worse.
they could burn up the the main processor. that would be the rapidly heating planet/population, in case you're still pretending not to notice.
of course, having to badtoll va lairIE's whoreabully infactdead, pateNTdead PostBlock(tm) devise, robbIE's ego, the walking dead, etc..., doesn't slow us down a bit.
that's right. those foulcurrs best get ready to see the light. the WANing daze of the phonIE greed/fear/ego based, thieving/murdering payper liesense hostage taking stock markup FraUD georgewellian fuddite execrable are #ed. talk about a wormIE cesspool of deception? eradicating yOUR domestic corepirate nazi terrorist/gangsters will be the new national pastime.
communications will improve, using whatever power sources are available.
you gnu/software folks are to be commended. we'd be nearly doomed by now (instead, we're opening yet another isp service) without y'all. the check's in the mail again.
meanwhile... for those yet to see the light.
don't come crying to us when there's only won channel/os left.
nothing has changed since the last phonIE ?pr? ?firm? generated 'news' brIEf. lots of good folks/innocents are being killed/mutilated daily by the walking dead. if anything the situations are continuing to deteriorate. you already know that.
the posterboys for grand larcenIE/deception would include any & all of the walking dead who peddle phonIE stock markup payper to millions of hardworking conservative folks, & then, after stealing/spending/disappearing the real dough, pretend that nothing ever happened. sound familiar robbIE? these fauxking corepirate nazi larcens, want us to pretend along with them, whilst they continue to squander yOUR "investmeNTs", on their soul DOWt craving for excess/ego gratification. yuk
no matter their ceaseless efforts to block the truth from you, the tasks (planet/population rescue) will be completed.
the lights are coming up now.
you can pretend all you want. our advise is to be as far away from the walking dead contingent as possible, when the big flash occurs. you wouldn't want to get any of that evile on you.
as to the free unlimited energy plan, as the lights come up, more&more folks will stop being misled into sucking up more&more of the infant killing barrolls of crudeness, & learn that it's more than ok to use newclear power generated by natural (hydro, solar, etc...) methods. of course more information about not wasting anything/behaving less frivolously is bound to show up, here&there.
cyphering how many babies it costs for a barroll of crudeness, we've decided to cut back, a lot, on wasteful things like giving monIE to felons, to help them destroy the planet/population.
no matter. the #1 task is planet/population rescue. the lights are coming up. we're in crisis mode. you can help.
the unlimited power (such as has never been seen before) is freely available to all, with the possible exception of the aforementioned walking dead.
consult with/trust in yOUR creat
Or, you can simply run WINDOWS XP Professional and support GNAA.
You think this is bad? You should have been around for OOG...
Never before had so may opensource CD's been smashed...
FYI,
ICQ is a property of AOL
Where is my tinfoil hat when I need it!?!?
Microsoft sets pricing, late launch for Office
Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Posted: 12:19 PM EDT (1619 GMT)
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SEATTLE (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. said this week that the latest versions of its Office programs will be made available on October 21, later than the summer time frame the company was aiming for.
Microsoft has been testing the software, which includes word processing and spreadsheet programs, for a more than a year.
Office and its related programs accounted for more than $9 billion in revenue in Microsoft's June-ended fiscal year
Microsoft said Tuesday that Office would be pre-installed on some manufacturer's computers by the end of September.
The Redmond, Washington company had taken an extra three months to test Office with users, pushing it past its scheduled launch sometime this summer.
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The main Office programs include Word for creating documents, Excel for spreadsheet calculations, PowerPoint for presentations, and Outlook for e-mail, scheduling and contacts as well as an array of other business-specific programs.
The company said that it has developed "the most innovative and stable Office products to date" and describes it as the Office System, or a family of software meant to work closely together.
Among the new features in Office are tools to control the increasing flood of spam, or unsolicited e-mail. Office's programs will also include a new feature called a Research Task Pane that allows users to quickly access information in databases, the Internet and their computers.
Other new products in the Office family are InfoPath and OneNote. InfoPath allows users to create XML-based forms that make it easier to exchange and share data over the Web. OneNote allows users to take notes and use digital ink on Tablet PCs.
The system also includes Project software for managing large and complicated corporate projects, Access to create databases and Visio to create flowcharts and diagrams.
"Microsoft is pulling away from the notion that there's a lot more they can do to make individuals productive towards making groups of people more productive," said Rob Helm, director of research at Directions on Microsoft, an independent researcher.
Many of Microsoft's large corporate customers, however, have already paid for the right to upgrade to the latest version of Office.
But since many of the newest features of Office require upgrades to the server software used to manage computer networks, Helm said that main challenge for Microsoft would be to convince companies to make investments during a period of tighter technology budgets.
Microsoft's Office also faces competition from low-cost competitors such as OpenOffice and StarOffice. Microsoft said it will launch several different editions of Office, including a standard edition for $399, a professional edition for $499, and small business edition for $449. There is also an education Student and Teacher Edition for $149.
Upgrades from previous versions are usually $50 to $70 cheaper and each of the individual Office programs will be available separately, Microsoft said.
talk about being softwar nazis/corepirate execrable being cruel to their hostages. many think that gotti was more understanding/sensible.
AOL is slowly bringing the two together. AOL and ICQ users can message each other and go in chats together. Ever notice how in GAIM "AIM" and "ICQ" have the same account type?
Thank you Tenebrious1! If it weren't for your hyperbole ...
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, as I did not use a hyperbole in my last post, I am forced to conclude you're completely clueless. Thanks for playing, come back again.
-- If god wanted me to have a sig, he'd have given me a sense of humor.