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Jim	2009-08-13 08:38 AM

Microsoft Word Sales Banned In 60 Days

A Judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling its popular Word document creation application in the United States in 60 days, after finding that the software contains technology that violates a patent held by a third party

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=219200383

Cleo	2009-08-13 08:52 AM

Ironical Christy just bought Micro$oft Office for Mac due to needing correct formatting with her Windows Office users. It's actually a very nice version.

NY Jester

2009-08-13 01:09 PM

I recently installed Open Office - how weird LOL

Cleo	2009-08-13 01:26 PM

Personally I use NeoOffice or iWork but if you need perfect formatting with Word, Excel or Powerpoint users then you have to use Microsoft's Office.

MeatPounder

2009-08-13 01:35 PM

I'm sure there will be a financial settlement and sales will be back to normal before Office 10 is released

terry

2009-08-13 09:55 PM

I also use Open Office as I refuse to install MS Office. I have clients that use Word and Excel, and Open Office deals with both seamlessly (back and forth).

ecchi

2009-08-14 03:05 AM

I have never understood why people buy Word. I use it occasionally when I am on other people's computers and they have it installed, but I am too mean to pay for it myself, and I find nothing on Word (that is actually useful) that I haven't seen on the various free WPs I have used.

Simon

2009-08-14 07:41 AM

ecchi - I hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your words for a moment, as I want to use them to show what I thought about when I read them:

I have never understood why people buy Porn. I use paid for Porn occasionally when I am on other people's computers and they have it installed, but I am too mean to pay for it myself, and I find nothing on Porn paysites (that is actually useful) that I haven't seen on the various free Porn sites I have used.

Kind of a reminder that if we don't offer things that are both different from and better than what surfers can easily find elsewhere for free, we really should expect that same response.

HowlingWulf

2009-08-14 09:06 AM

Maybe he bought a dating membership on those free WP sites...

Useless

2009-08-14 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon (Post 460777)

ecchi - I hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your words for a moment, as I want to use them to show what I thought about when I read them:

I have never understood why people buy Porn. I use paid for Porn occasionally when I am on other people's computers and they have it installed, but I am too mean to pay for it myself, and I find nothing on Porn paysites (that is actually useful) that I haven't seen on the various free Porn sites I have used.

Kind of a reminder that if we don't offer things that are both different from and better than what surfers can easily find elsewhere for free, we really should expect that same response.

Well that hit home. Damn you, Simon.

I'm so glad that I'm retired. :D

Cleo	2009-08-14 09:53 AM

One reason that I often hear way people buy Office is the huge amount of clipart that it comes with or in Simon's example every niche from exploding dwarfs to soft beautiful young babes.

ecchi

2009-08-15 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon (Post 460777)

ecchi - I hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your words for a moment, as I want to use them to show what I thought about when I read them:

I have never understood why people buy Porn. I use paid for Porn occasionally when I am on other people's computers and they have it installed, but I am too mean to pay for it myself, and I find nothing on Porn paysites (that is actually useful) that I haven't seen on the various free Porn sites I have used.

Kind of a reminder that if we don't offer things that are both different from and better than what surfers can easily find elsewhere for free, we really should expect that same response.

Yeah, but I hope that none of us are producing porn that is as bad as most Microsoft software!

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