I'm joing this thread late, but to get the whole story, visit GrokLaw.Net, specifically this article<br>
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<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050929134232923">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050929134232923</a><br>
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which essentially tears the whole story to shreds .. in a very nice
way. There are other related articles to do with Massachusetts and open
source file formats .. it makes for very interesting reading,
especially the part about Microsoft doing an about face on announcing
support for output as PDF from their family of applications.<br>
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My advice, when you hear about something that Microsoft's doing, check
out GrokLaw -- odds are that there's an article there already. It's
like SlashDot, but the average age is 20 years better -- less lEEt,
more erudite. ;)<br>
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Alex<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/2/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rick Tomaschuk</b> <<a href="mailto:rickl@drivingforcetech.ca">rickl-ZACYGPecefkm4kRHVhTciCwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Latest crap...Convicted monopolist (antitrust is supposed to be a<br>felony) Microsoft which claims its "word"(tm - go figure) file format<br>which it has changed over the last few years, is the best choice for<br>
Government, Banks, Legal Firms, Accounting Offices, and the rest of the<br>business spectrum. It seems any attempt to unseat the spoiled brats will<br>be met with severe opposition. I sure wish my daddy was a lawyer...like
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