So I had to update a fairly important database recently…the problem is that when I converted it to Office 2007 format, I stuck it in a TrueCrypt container and forgot about it for a little while. Anyway, since then I’d uninstalled 2007 and went back to 2003. So when I go to update this database, I look for an Office 2007 to 2003 converter, even an ODBC driver…no luck.

So here I am installing Office 2007 again (though this time on my laptop, and only temporarily at that) just so I can recover that goddamn file and copy the data over to an OpenOffice Base file.

FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!