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Why "Upgrade" To Office 2007

Posted by Hemos on from the a-question-asked-everywhere dept.

walterbyrd writes "IMO: Office-2007 is a contender for the least useful upgrade in the history of computing. It's expensive, has a steep learning curve, and it's default format is even less compatible with anything else. Stan Beer discusses the "upgrade" in his article: Question: why do I need to upgrade to Office 2007?."

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  1. Related question: Linux alternative to Front Page? by maillemaker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is there a WYSIWYG web page authoring tool like Front Page for Linux?

    Thanks.

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  2. MOD PARENT INFORMATIVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You'll be glad that you did!

  3. GodsDuck is trolling for karma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Reply to the FP and get instant karma? Idiot.

    1. Re:GodsDuck is trolling for karma by God'sDuck · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ok -- so, yeah, (1) I should have AC'd to avoid that accusation, but (2) a cachelink *belongs* right up top, so you don't have to dredge through a hundred comments to find it, so many of us *like* it when people provide said link in said place and (3) thbbth. :-)

  4. Re:Don't you mean downgrade? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You'll look back on this and say, "I'm glad I modded him insightful!"

  5. Site's down, try original link. by giafly · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, Slashdot programmers, nothing important was missing from my comment.

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  6. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It should be Insightful, not Troll.

  7. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who are you kidding?

    Try reading the summary for this very story, and then say that Slashdot is "an MS apologists' haven".

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  8. Re:And that's one of the features. by shaneh0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Once again, an example, of broken slashdot moderation.

    Anyone that _dare_ violates the Slashdot Sacred Cows:

    Google
    Linux
    Open Source
    Anti-Microsoft
    Apple
    Apple
    Apple
    iPod
    iPhone
    "i*" -cisco

    Get's mod'd into oblivion.

    This is no better than Fox News "Fair & Balanced" tagline. They should at least go for truth in advertising and call it what it really is: The Slashdot Editorialization System

    Yes I know editorialization isn't a word.