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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 06:56
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 06:56
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: > On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 12:00:04 AM UTC-6, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > > > However the Word solution came with a bit of paper that said it > > would work and the Star Office one didn't and the bit of paper was > > deemed more important than evidence. > > Yes, because the evidence only shows you about the documents that already > exist, while the bit of paper shows you about documents that will be > generated in the future. That would be reasonable if the evidence didn't contradict the paper. Star Office did a far better job of opening and rendering documents from older, and Mac versions of Word than Word did (we had a very large and varied sample set) but the bit of paper said Word would open it all correctly (neither Word nor Star Office opened everything - so the paper lied) and that was all that mattered. Bottom line Microsoft were willing to lie on paper, Star Division weren't so Microsoft got the sale. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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