Re: [Fwd: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Microsoft intends to use DRM to prevent competing office products maintaining compatability]

From: Mike (mike@redtux.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 21:42:08 EDT

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On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 20:05, Francis James Franklin wrote:
> Regardless of the merits of this discussion, can we please stop it here
> or at least take it off-list?
>
> Sleepless not in Seattle, Frank
>

Agreed - please everyone calm down

1. Rui is right to an extent (probably)

but

even if MS wanted to do this (likely) it probably would not be able to,
purely because of the relative market share of MSoffice 97/2000/xp

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