[LINK] Moses: 'How the internet became a closed shop'

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:20 AM 22/12/2012, Rick Welykochy wrote:

>I took the "leave google behind" idea quite seriously back in
>March 2012 when they changed their UA to blanket and interoperate
>amongst all their products. I've hardly noticed the change.

Ditto. Although I do relent and use Google search (without signing 
in) from time to time. Some of the refined search tools are useful 
and aren't available in Startpage/Ixquick.

You mention you have clients who use Google Docs. Do you have any 
advice as to how to do this without selling your soul? Do you have to 
login under your own account to get the client's docs?

I've also weaned myself from MS Office. When I got my new laptop, I 
didn't buy a copy of the Office Suite, and thought I'd see how I got 
along with Open Office. Works fine. It doesn't have as many extras, 
like the full range of templates, but I can live without them. I have 
found that sometimes .docx, although they do open, don't keep proper 
formatting. Sometimes layers get out of whack and I have to ask 
students to resubmit in some alternative. It's a lesson for them to 
be aware of the effect of the receiver's display options.

Jan



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