Perhaps they are going this way because of poor language support, among other things.
Here's a possible example:
The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines provide practical and detailed recommendations on how to migrate to Open Source Software (OSS)-based office applications, calendaring, e-mail and other standard applications.
They have been developed with guidance from public sector IT experts from Denmark, Finland, Italy, Germany, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
If you look at the details of MS Bulletin ms03-045 you see the patch has problems with third party apps in the languages:
Cool. You spent 16 months away from your family, friends, home, job (if you were lucky enough to have one after the tech bust), all the things that define you as you, and then tell me what a "tremendous opportunity" it was. No need to explain the 1 and a half year gap in your resume, all the PHBs will see you as one of "those" people.
No. The judge can set aside a verdict which is an obvious misinterpretation of the law by the jury.
In the simplest of terms, he was found guilty of damages to their business.
The damage, however, was not so much to their systems, as the law he was conviced of states is punishable, but to their reputation, as their lawyers argued.
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Now I can't get the tune to "Maxwell Silverhammer" out of my head.
Thanks.
...all of the big wigs wispered in the ears of the MPAA to get the ban put in place
No, all of the big wigs are the MPAA.
Movie Producers Association of America
I wish I could get user acceptance sign-off before I started testing.
Maybe not.
You buy the books, legally. You are free to do whatever you wish with them.
For now, that is.
How do you know?
Why not a mylar layer for shielding, a perforated, hi-density foan layer for dampening, contained in a rigid cut-out exo-skeleton for mounting?
Hmmm, that also sounds like a girl I once knew...
Good idea. Time for a snack and a beer.
Actually, it looks like a neat idea and quite effective. My systems noise factor and cooling are just fine for me, for now, though.
Here's a possible example:
If you look at the details of MS Bulletin ms03-045 you see the patch has problems with third party apps in the languages:
Six of the eight authoring countries are on the troubled patch list.
Perhaps Isreal is not the only country they pissed off once too often.
Yes, but not for Security advise or fair trade practices.
You can save as .xls with OO.o, so maybe it was created that way.
Please don't feed the trolls.
Hold it, you just used the words "Apple" and "record" in the same paragraph.
Hold your breath till the lawsuit.
That is the MS attempt at "right to left" scripting for the Hebrew Office-Mac solution.
Wooo Hooo!
Next story please.
Cool.
You spent 16 months away from your family, friends, home, job (if you were lucky enough to have one after the tech bust), all the things that define you as you, and then tell me what a "tremendous opportunity" it was.
No need to explain the 1 and a half year gap in your resume, all the PHBs will see you as one of "those" people.
No.
The judge can set aside a verdict which is an obvious misinterpretation of the law by the jury.
In the simplest of terms, he was found guilty of damages to their business.
The damage, however, was not so much to their systems, as the law he was conviced of states is punishable, but to their reputation, as their lawyers argued.
Wouldn't it be real justice for clueless judges to have to serve similar sentences to the ones they F***ed up on?
I thought we were all fairly intelligent here
Bzzzt
Please pay again.
Star (of David) Office?
...and we like j00Z too. oh, I get it... Nevermind.
Hope there are no tunnels at the Microsoft compound that could be used for smuggling.
...American.
First they ignore you.
Then they ridicule you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.
Oh yeah, then PROFIT.
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Nah, he must have been talking abou spam ads and meant "Buy enlarge"