[SLUG] Just in case the SCO thing doesn't work out MS has a backup plan

From: Michael Manchester (mchester@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 10:13:19 EDT


If MS is unable to stop Linux with there backing for
SCO they have anther plan. Though I'm sure they won't
admit to it.

The new rights management tools splinter to some
extent the long-standing interoperability of Office
formats. Until now, PC users have been able to count
on opening and manipulating any document saved in
Microsoft Word's ".doc" format or Excel's ".xls" in
any compatible program, including older versions of
Office and competing packages such as Sun
Microsystems' StarOffice and the open-source
OpenOffice. But rights-protected documents created in
Office 2003 can be manipulated only in Office 2003.

read more here
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5069246.html

Mike M.

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