Microsoft sued by Office Live

I sure as hell these people don't accept the offers Microsoft offers them, take them to court and sue them for it. This isn't a accident this is blatant copyright infringement.

SHow MS you can not break by corporate force,its a shame any OTT win will be overturned MS should lose miloins over this....

copyright infringement by M$oft!? z0mg!!1!! how dare they...
...like every OS they ever created since the days of DOS has been a blatant ripoff of MAC/Linux/Unix or some other OS. I hope that co. sues M$oft out of existence!

If enough of these small pathetic company's keep suing Microsoft, they will eventually go out of business. Then what operating system will all you hypocrite's use?

Originally posted by MasterRE:

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If enough of these small pathetic company's keep suing Microsoft, they will eventually go out of business. Then what operating system will all you hypocrite's use?

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Originally posted by MasterRE:

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If enough of these small pathetic company's keep suing Microsoft, they will eventually go out of business. Then what operating system will all you hypocrite's use?

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Why do you guys hate microsoft so much? what are you using right now? most of you use microsoft product. If you don't like DON"T USE IT!

I hate those people who use microsoft product but they talk crap. Their's linux and apple. I like windows xp and microsoft office 2003.

Originally posted by rihgt682:

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Why do you guys hate microsoft so much? what are you using right now? most of you use microsoft product. If you don't like DON"T USE IT!

I hate those people who use microsoft product but they talk crap. Their's linux and apple. I like windows xp and microsoft office 2003.

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@MasterRE: this hypocrite desperately wants to learn Linux. but alas...i will be forced to learn MAC instead.
Steve Jobs with a .40 revolver on crack is still 2,000% less Satan than B1ll Gates. Or as he calls himself, the Digital Jesus Christ in sheeps clothing.

well even if microsoft lose the case i think they maybe...just maybe...able to scrape some change together to buy the name lol (by change i mean mass millions lol £/$ )lol

@zippy. all company is like that. I never had or heard a company that doesn't rip people off when they can.

SErious think about it, You can charge people let's just say a pen for $40 and people would buy, YOu know it's overpriced but you sell it at that price because people buy it. (college also)

It how all the company is. I hate em all. Like newegg for example. They use it to be really nice when "I" made a mistake. They would fix and all that crap for free. Now the newegg that's right now will CHARGE me for "THEIR" mistake. yeah, i know i'm pissed but guess what. I hate it so much and I want to say i'll never buy from newegg again. but i will cause it's still cheap.

Originally posted by rihgt682:

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Why do you guys hate microsoft so much? what are you using right now? most of you use microsoft product. If you don't like DON"T USE IT!

I hate those people who use microsoft product but they talk crap. Their's linux and apple. I like windows xp and microsoft office 2003.

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My understanding is microsoft united the industry and made a standard so compatability was no longer an issue,look'n around there's plenty of free replacement software for a good portion of any microsoft product,seems to me we would'nt have had that much choice without them but instead be locked into IBM,HP or Apple


The ruling should be interesting since "live"(or online based software) is pretty much the next step in software for all manufacturers there's gunna be a few more shootouts at high noon in the comming months...lol...

scorpNZ
Funny compatibility is stil a issue they don't support older programs ad hardware,if they took the time to make a REAL compatibility mode then I would not nit pick on them they seem to only give a dan
m about new stuff and even support that awkwardly...

rihgt682
no not all some are greedy but not anti consumer.
the trouble with lunix is its HIGH MANTANACE(try looking up drivers for it ,its like finding them for vister 64bit)
add that both it and mac are limited by hardware and program support MS is kinda the only game in town,besides lnix is only worth while if you poor you life into it :P

Let's look at it like this. Microsoft has Office 2007. Along comes a company this year and makes an office product. They put the year and the product together and behold, Office 2007.

Do you think they would get away with "But 2007 is just the year. It's very common. It's just a descriptor."

I think not.

Linux is still meant for propeller heads (oh man am i showing my age...) & GEEKS. Still, it is a powerful OS (the govt used Unix for 40+ yrs) & blows Windoze away. MAC is also based on Unix (NextStep from Steve Jobs old co.) & i think anyone who can get under the hood should consider spending the $$ on one. The only reason Windows is popular is: 1)sell it cheap 2)give it away with computers (well not really...$$$) 3)get every govt/county/school to use it 4)punish your competitors 5)steal your competitors tech 5)buy out your competitors when you cannot steal/punish them 6)fool everyone into thinking you are a 'good' company

The day that Microsoft covers the world with its OS will be the end of civilization.
Use Linux, Unix, FreeBSD, anything but Windoze.

Originally posted by xhardc0re:

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Linux is still meant for propeller heads (oh man am i showing my age...) & GEEKS. Still, it is a powerful OS (the govt used Unix for 40+ yrs) & blows Windoze away. MAC is also based on Unix (NextStep from Steve Jobs old co.) & i think anyone who can get under the hood should consider spending the $$ on one. The only reason Windows is popular is: 1)sell it cheap 2)give it away with computers (well not really...$$$) 3)get every govt/county/school to use it 4)punish your competitors 5)steal your competitors tech 5)buy out your competitors when you cannot steal/punish them 6)fool everyone into thinking you are a 'good' company

The day that Microsoft covers the world with its OS will be the end of civilization.
Use Linux, Unix, FreeBSD, anything but Windoze.

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Hmmm funny thing I was just getting into learning linux. I guess I will find out which is better.


Oh and I almost forgot the obilgatory M$ s*cks statement......
they are money grubbing idea stealing non-consumer friendly always patching security holes sue you if look at them crosseyed or have their idea first 3.1 95 98 me xp vista piece of crap software providing corporation, oh and satan is/was the CEO. Did I miss anything?



I have to go now I need to update windose! :)

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3)get every govt/county/school to use it 4)punish your competitors 5)steal your competitors tech 5)buy out your competitors when you cannot steal/punish them 6)fool everyone into thinking you are a 'good' company

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Originally posted by Blackjax:

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Hmmm funny thing I was just getting into learning linux. I guess I will find out which is better.


Oh and I almost forgot the obilgatory M$ s*cks statement......
they are money grubbing idea stealing non-consumer friendly always patching security holes sue you if look at them crosseyed or have their idea first 3.1 95 98 me xp vista piece of crap software providing corporation, oh and satan is/was the CEO. Did I miss anything?



I have to go now I need to update windose! :)

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Not that I'm a MS fanboy, but what is so bad about Windows? Seriously? MS has to make a platform that works with stuff made by vendors around the world! (Think about it, Dell, HP, Gateway, Sony, and then the companies that make the parts that go in those machines.)

What does Apple do? They only use Intel processors, specific types of memory, proprietary motherboards, etc. Their system is VERY closed and more monopolistic. Since 8 or 9 out of every 10 machines run Windows, it is more likely that someone will hack it or release a virus/spyware and MS needs to run out and fix it. It's not that big of a deal!

Think of all the games that have patches released for them after a few weeks, and notice it has nothing to do with a virus, but rather, the product was shipped out to fast.

Also, in most cases Linux is not as versatile and does not have drivers for everything under the sun! Having to use the Terminal or WINE to get things to run is just loads of fun, and wastes tons of time if you can't get it working.

For the most part, MS has done a damn good job. Most of you guys aren't even running Vista, and if you were, you would realize its the software companies that are incompatible, not MS. Hell, almost all of my apps worked on Vista RC1.

As far as greed, there was an article on CNET stating how the price of Windows has actually stayed the same over the years (in the $100-$130 range for a basic upgrade) while the value has gone down due to inflation.

Learn how to use a PC and that antivirus and updates are part of the solution. There's no way that MS can predict what will happen 2 years down the road, or for that matter, what will happen in April. That's why there's updates. He doesn't try to hide them behind a fancy name like OS X Liger or Sabretooth, which is Apple's way of saying "upgrade" vs. "update".

SProdigy
closed and more monopolistic.,do you even fathom what ti takes to get a driver certified for XP?

Yes apple offers only a few basic types f hardware but the upshot is they have managed to keep the quality of it pretty high,with a CLONE system for windose you can pick from the cheapest POS hardware to stuff that costs 5X ore because they can charge that much more.

MS needs to get over itself and be more consumer friendly,MS has done alot of "good" stuff but the bad pretty much out weighs the good.

next thing you know theyre going to make ms office Itunes, since Itunes its quite a very common word nand we do not think apple can have a pattent on the itunes word
hahahahahha

The reason Microsoft has so many programs for their OS is because it is a platform that programs can be easily developed on and becuase the programs work. Buissnes's all have a choice of what OS they wan't to use, it's just that MS has an OS that is buissnes friendly and easy to use

and also because they have long monopolized computers since it comes shipped with almost every freakin brand computer, like it or not

MasterRE
if they were not a consumer hating monopoly they would not have done half as well thats the point,in order for MS to get to where it is today it had to fight alot of ugly battles to become the dictator of OSs it is...