The AC put it well -- Word is not the tool for this. Everyone knows this (well, except you obviously).

Pay for Google Apps and get some serious privacy then -- the free service has to generate income somehow.

Can I turn off how terribly it reformats huge documents when you make minor changes?

Word is *not* a large document publishing package.

HTML5 has been the next Java since WebOS ... a slow but portable app environment that's best replaced with native code when possible but still functional.

And yet I don't see this failure everywhere that you imply in your original comment.

Given that many OSI projects aren't failing and are in fact very successful and well-regarded in general, I'd say it has nothing to do with the model at all.

That is to say, unless you can show that OSI projects fail more frequently than commercial software projects, you have no point at all. Bear in mind that this must include *all* commercial software projects, which is very hard because unlike FOSS, those aren't necessarily public.

You do realize MariaDB *is* MySQL for all intents and purposes, right?

This is a lot like upgrading from Debian to Ubuntu (except that Debian is not controlled by a multi-national corp).

Although I might add, we programmers love it when requests come attached to donations rather than solo.

Bribery really does work.

Obviously you're not a programmer. If you are, you're not a very good one.

Using proprietary software and hoping someone else fixes your problems is like playing Russian roulette. It might seem like a good idea at the time, but it ends badly.

What on earth do you think you're talking about? And how do you think it made sense?

What FUD are you trying to spread exactly?

I can't wait for sites to claim I need their private browser release to browse their data.

Oh I'm sorry, you can't use the nasa.gov site without the RedCow* browser, because RedCow's sponsoring us to make you use it.

Blah

*RedCow not related to actual energy drink company.

Exactly. If you want to force someone's hand, buy someone else's product.

Remember when Microsoft had achievements and the PS3 didn't? Now the PS3 has trophies and in-game chat. Why? Because it got out-sold and they wanted those gamers.

Don't buy a product because you think it will support something later, buy it because it works *now*. If people would stop buying things they don't like, those products would be improved or someone else would make one that does work.

As the owner of a DS, 3DS, PS2 and PS3 (sold the N64 for a profit recently), I have no problems playing my old games.

The only game with online features that doesn't work anymore that I kind of miss is Amplitude (precursor to Guitar Hero).

On which note, I love how the summary makes no mention of the PS3 or Wii, as though the 360 were the only console on the market.

Silly tunnel vision.

Which game is that exactly? I own three shelves full of PS3 games and the only games with codes are for extras for pre-order or online play passes (which obviously already requires you to be online).