Microsoft Simplifies File Format Fix

January 5th, 2008 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates shows a Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) watch by Fossil during his keynote address for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in this Jan. 8, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.

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• Sirussinder - Jan 05, 2008
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  Why save documents in Word if they are going to lock you out in 10 years, what is the point. Actual paper documents are better since they last longer than 10 years at least you can depend on the technology and reliability of paper rather than some corporation's stupidity. I hate M$ if it were not for my gaming I would get rid of M$ in a heartbeat. I am hoping the gaming platform in Linux develops faster so I can once and for all flush M$ out of my computers forever.
  
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• warra_warra - Jan 05, 2008
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  Use OpenOffice ...
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• Joebob93 - Jan 06, 2008
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  The link to David Leblanc's blog is broken, it should have an underscore in between his first and last name, instead of a dash: http://blogs.msdn...leblanc/
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• DrPhysics - Jan 06, 2008
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  The only security risk is continuing to use Window or any of MS Office apps. Preposterous and downright ballsy for Microsoft to talk about security given the security holes in Windows and their apps big enough to drive a truck through. Jeeeeez.
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