Re: [school-discuss] News: OpenOffice in LA Times

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

Simon Scott wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 August 2002 5:50 am, you wrote:
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>>Yeah,
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>>No mention of an open specification XML file format for interoperability
>>with any other office package either.
>>
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> I dont think Ma or Pa Kettle would really care, do you? :)
> 

Not till upgrade time.  Microsoft Works to a recent Microsoft Office 
anyone...

- cameron


>>- cameron
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>>>Too bad they say "emulates" :(
>>>
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> Its dumbed down for the masses, but the effect is the same - the only words 
> they'll see are 'MS Office' and 'free' :)
> 
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>>>On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 14:18, Alan Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>>I noticed this article in the Business section of the LA Times today:
>>>>
>>>>"OpenOffice Emulates MS Office--and It's Free", LA Times, Aug 05,
>>>>Business http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-techgear5aug05.story
>>>>
>>>>It's nice to see recognition of Open Source in more and more
>>>>mainstream places.
>>>>
>>>>- alan
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Alan Chen
>>>>Digikata LLC
>>>>http://digikata.com
>>>>
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