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New Office locks down document ... how many would upgrade ?

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mc0282:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5069246.html

microsoft is going to shove DRM up our asses, i am damn sure i not going to upgrade,pirate it, etc..  microsoft  kiss my fucking ass.

Microsoft Evilness:
1. lock down
2. WPA
3. WinFS
4. tcpa
5. microsoft EULA
what is next ?
6. call bill gates and  beg him to let you use windows ?

Laukev7:
7. ???
8. Profit!

Sorry, couldn't resist.   :D

Anyway, IRM is much worse than DRM, because it's totally useless. Anyone who would want to protect his documents only has to encrypt  them. I can see DRM benefiting media companies and publishers, but IRM benefits no one but Microsoft, who can force people to use their products.

Stilly:
"There's certainly a lock-in factor," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. "Microsoft would love people to use Office and only Office.

Thats complete shit. can they even do that?

oh well, people will still get it because no one has heard of anyone but microsoft

hm_murdock:
yeah. I was gonna say the same thing. Who will upgrade? All the same folks that bought the last three versions

suselinux:
Im gonna' upgrade..........to openoffice 1.1  :D  

Aren't there countries immune to or that don't recognize DRM, China, Iran, Canada  ;)  , etc

could'nt Openoffice incorperate and setup head office in one of these countries?

Maybe if the EU sees the light they will nurture OOo
and embrace opensource like so much of europe is starting to do, make OOo the defacto ofice suite in europe.

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