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Microsoft Buys Openoffice.org!

#1 Scarlett

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:21 AM

Microsoft Buys OpenOffice.org!

Be sure to click on this full press release link. OMG I can't believe my eyes! :thumbsup:

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:45 AM

That's cold hearted!

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:50 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Take a look at Slashdot today, too, for more fun.
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:51 AM

God...I almost believed that!

That is one cruel April Fool's Joke!

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 01:21 PM

At first i had a hard time deciding if the thread name was a trick or not....

I knew that if microsoft wanted, they could probably crush open office into not distributing their programs anymore, but then again i don't think they would have a right to...... but then again, their M$, so they could do pretty much anything....

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 04:38 AM

Scarlett, on Apr 1 2006, 10:21 AM, said:

Microsoft Buys OpenOffice.org!

Be sure to click on this full press release link. OMG I can't believe my eyes! :thumbsup:

Full Press Release

The Links have already been deleted.

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 10:08 AM

Wow...this year, I completly missed April Fools day!!! Usually, I fall for just about every joke, and don't realize it until April second, but this year, I never went online on April first...kinda hard to get fooled when you aren't online!!! :thumbsup:

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Too bad I couldn't see the web pages before they were deleted. But kudos, Scarlett!!! You fooled a lot of people here!!!! :trumpet:

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 07:53 PM

Good one Scarlett... you're funny..

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 08:06 PM

Speaking of OpenOffice.org, I note that another government agency (in this case in Australia) is migrating to OO.o:

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Michael Carden, preservation software manager at the National Archives of Australia, said NAA is in the process of migrating its office file preservation format to use the OpenOffice 2.0 suite which by default uses OpenDocument.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?...49621&eid=-6787

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 03:26 PM

There was another one on msn saying Matt Leinart was giving up the NFL for ballroom dancing. I showed it to a couple co-workers and thier jaw hit the floor. They pulled it the next day. Too funny :thumbsup:

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 05:49 PM

HitSquad, on Apr 4 2006, 04:26 PM, said:

That's beautiful. :cool:

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Posted 05 April 2006 - 06:08 PM

I love the Internet on April Fool's Day! :thumbsup:

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#13 yano

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 03:06 PM

What did Google do for April Fool's. They are usually known for something...

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 05:47 PM

Holy Crap when I saw the subject I almost panicked... that would have been devastation now how that hell am I going to pay to use all those office programs.

Thank god it was an April Fools joke but crap that was good one...

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