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Story: Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts

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Here we have MS wanting to charge you lots for the same product with a different version number and lock you into a proprietary format aswell.
Yes, their XML attempt will remain proprietary.
Meanwhile there's OpenOffice which doesn't want a fortune from you (or any payment from the individual) and uses the soon to be world accepted standard of OpenDocument.
Only an insane person (or one in the pocket of MS) would even look at MS Office when there is such a fantastic alternative.
No - Office 12 is dead before it's even released and, judging by the complaints about Hotmail, so are Microsoft's other 'Live' attempts.

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