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1. Comment - AOL Marshals Troops Against MS XP Offensive

   (May 8, 2001 - 10:52 AM)

   Oh, Microsoft heads, will you EVER get your facts straight? Microsoft has NEVER innovated, they have stolen!
   Word is simply the DOS Rich Text Format in a windows wrapper, with "features" copied from WordPerfect. Unfortunately, most of these "features" don't work in Word! They do work in WordPerfect. I am a professional writer, who is forced to use Word at the office. (I am now a certified Word Expert.) NONE of the 50+ writers here would even think of using Word at home, and most of us use WordPerfect.
   
   For a professional document with headers, footers, custom page numbering, custom figure numbering, etc., we can create the document in half the time when using WordPerfect, Framemaker, Interleaf, or any true word processor/desktop publisher. Word is simply a bug-riddled, feature sparse, TEXT processor that could not compete with any one of a half-dozen superior programs. It is "the standard" only because the IT people forced it upon users in order to qualify for free Microsoft certifications. In other words, Microsoft bribed them.
   
   Excel? A poor copy of Lotus 123, from which it was reverse engineered. It is slow, weak, difficult to use, and lacks features that have been in Quattro Pro, etc. for years.
   
   PowerPoint? Copied. Featureless and useless. Try Corel Presentations for 30 minutes, and you will NEVER want to use "Powerless" again.
   
   The original Windows was copied from another vendor's DOS multi windowing program, which is what windows remained through Win 95.
   
   In short, Microsoft has copied - or stolen - from others to produce every product they have. This is not innovation. Microsoft's dominance is the result of bullying, stealing, and marketing lies -- and a flock of highly paud attorneys who can "win" a case simply by exhausting the other guy's financial resources. Justice that "ain't", folks!