User Guide for Word 2004 -- where the heck is it?

[mister.thorne]

 

[John McGhie]

Here is some homework for you...

1) Make a list of all the Word Processors on sale in the world today.

2) Look up the word "monopoly" in the dictionary of your choice.

3) In 300 words or less, argue how "a number greater than 32" fits the
definition "a commodity controlled by one party".

We welcome discussion in here, but please do your homework first ‹
Repetitively asserting nonsense does not make it "true" Similarly,
before accepting someone else's opinion as fact, it pays to thoroughly
investigate the source of their assertions. Everyone has a 'reason' for
everything they say: know what that reason is before choosing whether or not
to believe it. Otherwise you run the risk that your own assertions may not
survive that test

Microsoft is guilty of a wide range of things we all wish it didn't do (less
than many major corporations; but it is still a major corporation and
behaves like one...)

However: "Monopoly" it ain't...

Cheers

We'd have competition, rather than a monopoly. That's what the whole
action against Microsoft was about.

As for the sports analogy, it's as if Microsoft was using steroid,
i.e., CHEATING.

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[CyberTaz]

And - IIRC - the allegations of monopolistic activity revolved around the
Windows OS & IE, having *nothing* to do with word processing [or any other
application] software. MS can hardly be considered a "force to be reckoned
with" in the Mac marketplace... Which, unfortunately, isn't significant
enough to warrant the investment required to monopolize;-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac