[ale] AOL sues Microsoft

[kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Geoffrey wrote:

> Don't get me wrong, I still have to fire up vmware/windows to view some 
> word docs, because they aren't properly formatted by anything I've found 
> on Linux.  But, I'm not going to just give in.  I am so much more 
> productive now that I've got a real operating system to work with.  So 
> the initial pain was worth it.

<not directed particularly at Geoffrey; I realize rms' proposal isn't always 
feasible in misguided corporate environments>

I think removing the requirement for Microsoft office software to
interoperate with other people is actually rms' most important crusade.  
See his article at
<http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-11-002-20-OP>.

later,
chris



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