[plug] MS and others try to influence people ...

[Kai Jones]

Muskie Teh Otterboi wrote:
> WolfBite wrote:
> 
>>
>> and perfectly good windows 3.11 98 nt xp (depending on
>> your needs) they cant make anymore money off so their
>> basicly FORCING people to upgrade (thier running into
>> the same problem with msoffice, how many are still
>> doing ok with word 97 :)
>>
>>  
>>
> And how many are using OpenOffice now?

I can confirm ourselves and the Shire of Manjimup are both trialling OOo 
for attempted migration from MS Office before the end of the year. Other 
Shire's/councils may be thinking the same but I have not heard from them.