On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 20:34 +0200, Charles Schulz wrote: [snip] > I think we should put it in a different way. Sure enough, there is > pressure on MS. So MS is looking like they're acting gracefully, but > behind the scenes something else is going on.For example, they could > mess up the plugin itself, a tool which many experts claim that it is > almost impossible to develop.
Of course they will. They are already preparing the media to accept this with phrases like: "The use of OpenDocument documents is slower to the point of not really being satisfactory" http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39271078,00.htm "No translation is perfect. There are a lot of trade-offs between Open XML, which is actually full-featured and backward-compatible, and ODF, which is more limited." http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft_bends_on_OpenDocument/0,2000061733,39262426,00.htm So when this translator turns out to be less than satisfactory, Microsoft will say: (a) we told you so (b) go and talk to the open-source project who developed it (who will have folded because MS funding will have run out) (c) use our formats instead And if people say that's not playing fair. MS will reply: "it has been tested by Dialogika in Germany to European Commission customer requirements." (testing paid for by ... Microsoft) There is only one answer: "Together, all parties need to set up independent conformance testing to guarantee software products do work with the standard." - our press release today John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
