Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[jcb10@axe.humboldt.edu (John C. Baker)]

In article <7lauar$i5q$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>,
gwangung@u.washington.edu (R. Tang) wrote:

> In article <gU5e3.107$cE6.2202@client>,
> Steve Mentzer <!smentzer@ecom.net> wrote:
> >As far as Microsoft "forcing upgrades". That is simply not true. 
> 
>         This has been MAJORLY true up until Office 2000.
> 
>         Try reading an Office 97 document with an earlier version of the
> software.

My MS Word 5.1 (the latest version I need) reads Word 97 docs just fine.
There's a plugin at the Microsoft Website.