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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 01-Apr-2021 22:37:18 EDT lnxw48a1
   Got a call from Kenny, talking about an issue he ran into at work. Fortunately, #sonTwo called, so I dropped Kenny's call. I could see him trying to wrap his head around the issue all night.
   
   Basically, due to cost, $EMPLOYER switched almost everyone to a lower priced license of some software we use. As a consequence, some functions are not available for most users ... and people have to ensure their files are fully compatible with lower license levels. If they fail to do so, the users with lower license level software cannot use the file as intended.
   
   I'd already tried to explain this, but he was describing how it "should" work ... and does if everyone has the higher license level.
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 02-Apr-2021 08:34:22 EDT GeniusMusing

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      >and people have to ensure their files are fully compatible with lower license levels.
      
      To simplify, is this like the difference between wordpad and word? word can open txt/rtf/doc files but wordpad can only open txt/rtf files so you lose the doc file access?
      
      Sounds like nobody looked into how it was being used before downgrading the license.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 02-Apr-2021 21:23:18 EDT lnxw48a1

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         Similar, but the files use the same extension, so users don't know whether they can perform desired operations on a file until they open it.
         
         I guess the closest thing would be Adobe Pro vs Adobe Reader.
      2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 02-Apr-2021 21:46:50 EDT lnxw48a1

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         > Sounds like nobody looked into how it was being used before downgrading the license.
         
         They didn't. They suddenly panicked when they realized how much money was going to licensing and downgraded agency-wide (with a small number of exceptions) within a week or two.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 02-Apr-2021 22:40:14 EDT GeniusMusing

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            That is just great planning and foresight. I can only guess they didn't read the quote in full.