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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to ZnU   
   Re: fact - legacy business locked into w   
   18 Nov 10 08:33:41   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , ZnU wrote:   
      
   > The problem can be nearly as bad if you happen to be using OSS software   
   > that gets abandoned, which is not exactly unheard of for less mainstream   
   > projects.   
      
   Never heard of an open-source project dying and leaving users’ data locked   
   up in a proprietary format. Cite?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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