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Story: Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
Posted by: Chris Nicolson (Tuesday 6 September 2005, 1:40 PM)
Re: "If Pepsi went around threatening people who bought Cola or vice versa they'd just be laughed at."
Pepsi/Coca-Cola *do* carry out this kind of activity. The branded fridges in shops are owned by the companies and given to the shops for free. The proviso is that they do not stock products from the other companies in them. Heaven help you if they find you breaking this agreement.
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Story: Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
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Ofcourse Microsoft will have to do an all out assa... Arthur B. -
Let's hope they that Mass. doesn't have a lot... Anonymous -
The MS license is not online. I've looked and loo... Anonymous
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Yates is incorrect. OpenDocument is supported by... Anonymous
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In fact, many office packages support the for... a.c.
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Who do Microsoft think they are? If Pepsi went aro... Richard
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Well I think that MS products are much better... Anonymous
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It doesn't amaze me that Microsoft will... Anonymous -
For every popular piece of proprietary s... Anonymous
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"Well I think that MS products are much... Segovia
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Re: "If Pepsi went around threatening people... Chris Nicolson -
Patent problems? OK Mr. Ballmer, how man... Rob -
Re Re: "If Pepsi went around threatening... Richard
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I'm sick of Microsoft whining that... Rodd Clarkson
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Microsoft will not support OpenDocument in its... Yagotta B. Kidding
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(a) Microsoft's MSXML format won't open in Of... Anonymous
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Microsoft made the decision themselves. They decid... David Finch
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Where was Microsoft's concern for backward compati... Paul Robinson
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What I find funny, is that OOo 2.0 beta 2 sup... Mitch 74
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LIES AND FUD from Yates:
(1) As "a.c." points out,... Rick Stockton
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What a bunch of bull! Not supporting the OpenDocu... David Ross
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The comments from Microsoft don't hold water.
In w... Luke Kendall
