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pgbovine on April 6, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: N. Korea launches out-of-date OS

The Linux-based Red Star system borrows heavily from early versions of Microsoft and has knock-off copies of the computer giant’s word processing, spread sheet and power point programmes, the report said.

ha, excellent, OpenOffice is now a knock-off copy of MS Office

RyanMcGreal on April 6, 2010 [–]

Wasn't it always?

pgbovine on April 6, 2010 | [–]

yep, it was, but it's sort of sad that most laymen use the derogatory term 'knock-off', since that implies some form of piracy

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