Microsoft Fights the Google over Word and then some


	Microsoft Fights the Google over Word and then some

bookchick49

3-6-2007 7:48 PM

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technology, microsoft, google, word, documents, you tube, windows software, franchise, open source

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HOT article!

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3-8-2007 12:12 AM

kelvin273

Big surprise. A large software company sides with other large companies in the quest to make people pay up to sample word one of any published work.

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