Redmond (finally) scraps Microsoft Works
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:07 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3925 messages posted)
"The Vole[1] has been muttering about killing off the software for over two years,
which is probably why it has been largely ignored."
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of http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1558038/microsoft-scraps-works
If you've been saddled with this piece of junk,
you probably know that it isn't compatible with ANYTHING[2],
setting an all-time low--even for Micros~1.
...and, as mentioned in that article[3], there have been BETTER options for YEARS
(and since I'm the one pointing them out,
I think it goes without saying that they involve Free Software).
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of
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[1] The writers at El Reg (motto: "Biting
the hand that feeds IT")
make great sport of M$, in recent years referring to them as a small rodent.
[2] ...and to those still struggling along with just WordPad,
you also have my condolences.
[3] ...OOo, however, is the most conservative of this lot
and its children (being more tolerant of M$ technologies)
are better candidates in this regard.
Ubuntu Linux (as well as KWord and Abiword) were also mentioned in my 2nd link.
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