[alok-g]

Indeed. Here in India, I bet most homes are using pirated versions of MS office because of this.

I am happy to see Ribbon UI improvements just so that my son (middle school) could still manage at school while using LibreOffice at home.

[j605]

But MS Office would still give your son scary warnings when he tries to open a ODF file in school.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

...as it would with older MS Office files. Why do people always try to frame this as some anticompetitive conspiracy?

[michaelmrose]

Presumably because of the party involved. We are talking about the Microsoft here. Its like asking why people are trying to paint Roman Polanski as a pervert.

[addicted]

No it would be like suggesting that Polanski directed the Pianist so that he could sleep with the children cast in the movie.

MS is a convicted monopoly abuser. But that doesn’t mean every action of theirs is an abuse of their monopoly (further being publicly convicted and penalized for it, odds are they are less likely to do things that abuse their monopoly position).

[michaelmrose]

"further being publicly convicted and penalized for it, odds are they are less likely to do things that abuse their monopoly position"

This is a wholly fictional understanding of how people and companies work. People who have transgressed moral and legal boundaries are more likely to do so again.

By your understanding a former violent rapist would be a safer date than an average person.

[alok-g]

Thanks for bringing this up. I'll watch out for it. :-)

As of now, he has to pass exams that use printed screenshots in quizzes! :-)