Yes, remove the Office 2003 EOL page

But also consider rephrasing these two:

* http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_new_computers.html
  You are not required to spend $100, $200 or more for a copy of Microsoft 
Office
* http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_easy.html:
  Studies have proved it is easier (and cheaper) to move to OpenOffice from 
Microsoft Office than it is to upgrade to Microsoft's Office 2007.

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Jan Høydahl, search solution architect
Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com

> 9. jan. 2016 kl. 17.39 skrev Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org>:
> 
> +1 on removing the page.  
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 04:59
>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Updating the WHY section of www.openoffice.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/08/2016 07:28 PM, Jan Høydahl wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I filed bug https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126777 about
>> outdated WHY sub page "Office 2003 EOL”.
>>> See issue for details. Dennis requested that the discussion continues
>> in this mailing list.
>>> 
>>> My initial concern was that an outdated web page looks really bad,
>> referring to 2014 as a date yet to come signals that noone actively
>> cares for the web page.
>>> 
>>> Then there is the policy issue of mocking competitors. You find
>> several passages in the “WHY” section talking about Microsoft Office and
>> cost. Perhaps someone should give the whole WHY section some love and
>> care and make sure we are well within Apache policies.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jan Høydahl, search solution architect
>>> Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com
>>> 
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>> 
>> I'm not sure we need that page now.
>> 
>> We have a why page [1] that promotes Aoo without putting down any other
>> software.
>> 
>> Just my 2 cents.
>> 
>> [1] http://www.openoffice.org/why/
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Carl
>> 
>> 
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