{"id":1152,"date":"2008-11-13T06:15:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2008-11-13T06:15:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T11:15:14","slug":"fits-of-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/11\/13\/fits-of-irony","title":{"rendered":"fits of irony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a fit of irony, its worth nothing that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcpro.co.uk\/news\/235332\/staroffice-dropped-from-google-pack.html\">StarOffice has been dropped from the Google Pack<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/press\/2008\/nov08\/11-10LiveJREMPR.mspx\">the Java Runtime Environment will now include the Microsoft Live Search Powered Toolbar<\/a> on Windows.<\/p>\n<p>I always tell people who use Windows to download the Google Pack. Maybe they would include OpenOffice.org 3.0? I&#8217;ve been a user of Google Docs recently, and there&#8217;s still something about OOo that makes it just that notch better. The other news though? Its days like this that I&#8217;m glad I don&#8217;t run on the Microsoft Windows platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20fits%20of%20irony&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F13%2Ffits-of-irony&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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