From: "StrandElectric" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion References: Subject: Re: MS Word problem Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:18:00 +1000 Lines: 21 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.137.173 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.137.173 Message-ID: <4df3bf6b$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1307819883 220.245.137.173 (12 Jun 2011 05:18:03 +1000) Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!rahul.net!wasp.rahul.net!rahul.net!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:238 "Mike Williams" wrote in message news:isv6bl$osg$1@dont-email.me... >I see that Micro$oft have been caught thieving again! The evil bastards >attempt to screw everybody into the ground by aggressively attempting to >patent just about everything they do, often including things they have >themselves previously stolen, and yet when they want to include somone >else's work into their own bloatware they just go ahead and steal it. They >have in recent years been caught behaving like coporate gansters in Jamaica >and now they have been caught stealing stuff from Canada. What a bunch of >unprincipled bastards! > > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/microsoft-must-pay-copyright-cash-084855404.html > And I believe that in discussing the "Cloud Computing" model, where it is proposed that all your software and data will be held on a distant company's machine, so that your own is merely an internet terminal, some learned twit has stated that one of the "trusted" companies to provide such hosting might be Microsoft! Incredible!