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MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility

Posted by timothy on from the file-formats-are-what-matter dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Though Microsoft may soon be blocking Office suite compatability with open source productivity tools, in the mean time Hal Varian (of Berkeley) has conducted the Microsoft Office-Linux Interoperability Experiment which shows a surprising amount of interoperability. Hey, another reason NOT to upgrade to the new version!"

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  1. Re:New version of what? by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny
    If OpenOffice, is there something wrong with it?

    Yes. OpenOffice is pure evil and will bring about the rise of communism, followed by the fall of civilization. The skies will burn and the rivers will turn red with blood. The Great Old Ones will return to bring unimagined terror to mankind and it truly will be hell on earth.

    Oh, wait, my mistake.. that's just the text of a Microsoft internal memo.

  2. Re:New version of what? by briaman · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Great Old Ones will return to bring unimagined terror to mankind and it truly will be hell on earth.

    Yeah, I keep hearing rumors about a Spice Girls reunion too.

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  3. Re:Plenty of reasons by thebreathalyzer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Regrettably, I think I found a use for clippy that's about on par. I started letting my preschooler play with Word with one of them visible. Later, I invested a whopping 12 or so hours to make a "game" that teaches the alphabet using the Agent control. That was my undoing.
    Now, whenever I open Word and I forgot to hide the assistant, my son (from the other side of the house, mind you) will run screaming from the other side of the house to play his game or type on Word. On the way, he usually racks up 1 or 2 cats, the dog, and at least one piece of furniture. When he gets to the computer, he finds me trying to get started on a report for school.

    Him: "I want to play my game, daddy"
    Me: "Not right now. I've gotta do something for school"
    Him: "That's not fair."
    Me: "Sorry, bud, but I have to get this done."
    Him (Alternate 1): "You want a piece of me?" (Assumes Jet Lee pose)
    Him (Alternate 2): "I'm gonna pop a cap in your ass, daddy." (Thank his mother for that one...)

    I for one have happily made the transition to OpenOffice because, well, it's just safer...