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Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the head-shot dept.

Roblimo writes "If you're using Microsoft Office and considering a switch to (free) OpenOffice.org, Microsoft would like you to read their Open Office Competitive Guide first, in which they tell you how much better/faster/cheaper MS Office is than OOo. Taran Rampepersad, an IT consultant in Trinidad, believes this "Competitive Guide" is nothing but FUD, so he wrote a detailed rebuttal to it -- and released his article under the FDL so you can feel free to republish his piece or share it with anyone you like, however you like." A followup to this story. Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

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  1. Fp CUM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anythin/g can

  2. Re:PDF ! by quigonn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not necessarily. Every native Mac OS X program that can print can also generate PDF files -- the print dialog has a button "save as PDF" beside the "print" button, and clicking that button makes the program "print" into the specified file (which is then in PDF format) instead of sending the output to the actual printer device.

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    A monkey is doing the real work for me.
  3. Oh, shit, I forgot to tick the "Post AC" box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    shit shit shit poo this is like watching a busted-up car packed with fluffy toys careening off a coastal cliff.

  4. /. thinks their a real news source by geekee · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN."

    So this disclaimer is added to note that their might be a conflict of interest or bias in their story. That's hysterical! /. is openly agaainst Microsoft. They might as well just write Slashdot hates Microsoft and normally only posts MS bashing articles. Note that the original MS document they refer to was never a news article until they had a rebuttal. /. makes fox look fair and balanced.

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  5. RWN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rusty's wife naked

  6. Re:Is he wise to the fact that you suck lots of co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I don't think so. I wear a dress, makeup and wig when I hang out in the men's room.

    --Ape.

  7. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Taco wins!
    Fatality!

    I would've bet on Homos.
    Even though I voted for Taco, hee hee...

  8. Re:And now the poll you've been waiting for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HELP / I NEED SOMEBODY
    HELP / NOT JUST ANYBODY
    BAM BAM BAM SIR IN THE NEXT STALL I AM ASKING FOR HELP
    I AM REACHING MY HAND UNDER THE PARTITION FOR COINS/TOKENS

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  9. Re:Ironic observations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Open office actually blows the monkey compared to mac office and seeing as how my school is blowing M$ on the side, it only cost me 100$.

    Your school must not give head very well, since at my school we can get it for $20

  10. Re:Ironic observations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And yours is still sucking like a newbie whore on a Friday night. 5 bucks for us real schools boyo.

  11. Re:Macros are a valid point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you're an avide Linux user, shouldn't you be browsing with Mozilla LightningHorse or something like that?, or weren't you reading /. yesterday?

  12. Re:Ironic observations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We get it free.