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Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org
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.
Hmm. Funny how the Microsoft PDF wasn't creaded using Microsoft sofware... or Windows
for those who didn't read this story the first time round, the PDF was also created on a Mac using QuarkExpress!
Ok once and for all, whatever microsoft says about business use of ms office vs. open office, the fact remains that most home users and students do not need to shell out for this crap, universities and schools do not need to shell out for this crap and small businesses do not need to shell out for this total bullshit crap. Ive seen people use office, they make simple presentations, use 2% of spreadsheet filters and dont even use wordprocessor styling. And they could sure do without stupid vb script virii with too much system access.
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Here is a good break down of MS's restrictive EULA.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison